pyelography

[pahy-uh-log-ruh-fee]

py·e·log·ra·phy

[pahy-uh-log-ruh-fee]
noun
the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.

Origin:
1905–10; pyelo- + -graphy

py·e·lo·graph·ic [pahy-uh-luh-graf-ik, pahy-el-uh-] , adjective
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Pyelography has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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pyelography (ˌpaɪəˈlɒɡrəfɪ)
 
n
med Also called: urography the branch of radiology concerned with examination of the kidney and associated structures by means of an X-ray picture called a pyelogram
 
pyelographic
 
adj

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pyelography py·e·log·ra·phy (pī'ə-lŏg'rə-fē)
n.
X-ray photography of the pelvis of the kidney and associated structures after injection with a radiopaque dye. Also called pyeloureterography, ureteropyelography.

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