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pneumoencephalography

Syllabification: (pneu·mo·en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy)
Definition of pneumoencephalography

noun

Medicine
  • a radiographic technique (now largely superseded) for examining the brain. It involved displacing the cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain by air or oxygen, which served as a contrast medium.

Derivatives

pneumoencephalogram

noun

pneumoencephalographic

Pronunciation: /ˌsefələˈgrafik/
adjective

pneumoencephalography in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of pneumoencephalography in the British & World English dictionary