Pneumoencephalography
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pneumoencephalography is a noun meaning A former medical procedure in which most of the cerebrospinal fluid was drained from around the brain and replaced with air, oxygen, or helium to allow the structure of the brain to show up more clearly on an X-ray image.
Meaning
A former medical procedure in which most of the cerebrospinal fluid was drained from around the brain and replaced with air, oxygen, or helium to allow the structure of the brain to show up more clearly on an X-ray image.
Word Forms
- pneumoencephalographies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pneumoencephalogram, encephalography, hemoencephalography, encephalogram, electrencephalography, sonoencephalography.
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