pneumoencephalography Syllabification: (pneu·mo·en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy)Pronunciation: /ˌn(y)o͞omōenˌsefəˈlägrəfē/Definition of pneumoencephalography noun Medicine a radiographic technique (now largely superseded) for examining the brain.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 pneumoencephalogramPronunciation: /-enˈsefələˌgram/ noun pneumoencephalographicPronunciation: /ˌsefələˈgrafik/ adjective pneumoencephalography in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of pneumoencephalography in the British & World English dictionary
