Medical Definition of Filling defect

1. Displacement of contrast medium by a space-occupying lesion in a radiographic study of a contrast-filled hollow viscus, such as a polyp on a barium enema; also applied to defects in the otherwise uniform distribution of radionuclide in an organ, such as a metastasis in the liver on a 99mTc-sulfur colloid scan. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filling Defect

filles
fillet
fillet
filleted
filleting
fillets
fillet layer
fillet of sole
fille de chambre
fillibeg
fillibegs
fillies
filling
filling
fillings
filling defect (current term)
filling defect in renal collecting system
filling station
fillip
filliped
filliping
fillips
fillister
fillister
fillisters
Fillmore
fillo
fillos
fills
filly

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