venography Med.
(vəˈnɒ-, vɪˈnɒgrəfɪ)
[f. veno- + -graphy.]
Radiography of a vein after injection of a contrast medium.
| 1935 Arch. Surg. XXXI. 272 Venography..showed an obstruction in the axillary vein distal to the first rib. 1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Oct. 1039/1 No arteriovenous malformation was detected by venography or arteriography. |
Hence venoˈgraphic, -ical adjs.; venoˈgraphically adv.; also ˈvenogram, a radiogram of a vein.
| 1935 Arch. Surg. XXXI. 272 A venogram made with a stabilized solution of thorium dioxide on the third day after admission showed a point of obstruction in the axillary vein to the first rib. 1940 Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. LXXI. 701/1 Venographic studies were carried out. 1940 Acta Chir. Scand. Suppl. LXI. 22 The venographical method has proved to be a very valuable diagnostic aid in manifest and suspect..thrombosis. 1940 Venographically [see thromboembolic adj. s.v. thrombo-]. 1972 Science 16 June 1236/3 A considerable advantage of these images [produced by ultrasonic Doppler technique] is that they look like present-day arteriograms and venograms. 1978 Lancet 12 Aug. 331/2 Limbs with chronic venous insufficiency which had no venographically detected thrombosis. 1980 Ibid. 16 Feb. 332/2 We found venographic evidence of compression of popliteal veins by such a cyst in only 1 case. |