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bronchography

 [brong-kog´rah-fe]
radiography of the lungs after instillation of an opaque medium in the bronchi.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

bron·chog·ra·phy

(brong-kog'ră-fē),
Radiographic examination of the tracheobronchial tree following introduction of a radiopaque material, usually an iodinated compound in a viscous suspension; rarely performed today, having been superseded by high resolution computed tomography.
[broncho- + G. graphē, a drawing]
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bron·chog·ra·phy

(brong-kog'ră-fē)
Radiographic visualization of the bronchi using a contrast agent.
[broncho- + G. graphē, a drawing]
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bronchography

An X-ray examination in which the branches of the bronchi are made conspicuous by lining them with an inhaled or injected material opaque to X-rays. Bronchography is especially useful in the diagnosis of BRONCHIECTASIS, but is giving way to fibreoptic BRONCHOSCOPY and less invasive methods such as refined CT or MRI scanning.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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