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Definition of Arthrogram

1. Noun. An X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium.

Definition of Arthrogram

1. Noun. (medicine) A series of images, often X-rays, of a joint after injection of a contrast medium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Arthrogram

1. A X-ray procedure involving the injection of radiopaque dye into a joint space to demonstrate the anatomy of the joint by X-ray. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arthrogram

Literary usage of Arthrogram

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Physical Fitness: A Guide for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury by David F. Apple, Jr. (1996)
"A patient with a suspected rotator cuff tear who has failed to respond to conservative treatment should undergo an arthrogram or MRI in order to better ..."

2. On Pain Suffering: Reminiscences, Musings and Reflections by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"... without arthrogram, x-ray, injection of cortisone, or physiotherapy. The jury may be forever out as to what really cured her of her suffering: was it ..."

3. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries by Henry David Banta (1995)
"The standard diagnostic procedure is either arthroscopy by scope or arthrogram, an x-ray procedure. Both are invasive in that the scope must be inserted ..."

4. Health Care Technology and Its Assessment in Eight Countries by Henry David Banta, United States Congress. Office of Technology Assessment (1995)
"The standard diagnostic procedure is either arthroscopy by scope or arthrogram, an x-ray procedure. Both are invasive in that the scope must be inserted ..."

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