Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
contrast medium
(con|trast me¦dium)
Pronunciation:
/ˈkɒntrɑːstˌmiːdiəm/
noun
Medicine
a substance introduced into a part of the body in order to improve the visibility of internal structures during radiography.
More words in this category
-philia
clinical thermometer
district surgeon
exam
flesh wound
heartsink patient
heliotherapy
immunocompetent
isolation
medical officer
neuroimaging
oncogenic
optometry
parvovirus
percutaneous
perianal
prophylaxis
quarantine
radioimmunoassay
strep
Nearby Words
contrapposto
contraption
contrapuntal
contrarian
contrariety
contrarious
contrariwise
contrary
contrast
contrast medium
contrasty
contrate wheel
contravene
contravention
contre-jour
contrecoup
contredanse
contretemps
contribute