| 单词 |
pneumography |
| 释义 |
pneumography|pnjuːˈmɒgrəfɪ, njuː-|
[f. as prec. + -graphy.]
1. a. A description of the lungs. b. The recording of the respiratory movements, as by a pneumograph.
1842Dunglison Med. Lex., Pneumography, the part of anatomy which describes the lungs. 1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Pneumography, a description of the lungs. Also, a recording of the respiratory movements.
2. Med. The radiography of tissues into which air or oxygen has been introduced.
1921Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull. XXXII. 70/1 The most frequent location for an obstruction in communicating hydrocephalus is in the cisternæ. This..will be seen in the results which are to follow in the patients who have been studied by cerebral pneumography. 1948Lysholm & Bull in J. W. McLaren Mod. Trends Diagnostic Radiol. I. xxiv. 327 Subdural pneumography has proved to be valuable in the diagnosis of adhesions between brain and dura, and in subdural haematoma. 1970Sci. Jrnl. Aug. 5/1 The cardiovascular system[s] of both cosmonauts were studied in detail by means of electrocardiography, seismocardiography, pneumography, [etc.].
Hence pneumographic |-ˈgræfɪk| a., (a) pertaining to or of the nature of a pneumograph; (b) ‘pertaining to pneumography’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.); pneumoˈgraphically adv., by means of pneumography.
1895Wolfenden tr. Joal's Respiration in Singing 175 Scarcely revealed, except..by pneumographic instruments. 1921Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 10 Dec. 1858/2 At times, it has been possible completely to remove such growths, when, except for the pneumographic record, there would have been absolutely no other way of knowing the situation of the growth. 1953F. Lindgren in J. W. McLaren Mod. Trends Diagnostic Radiol. II. xix. 291 The pneumographic diagnosis of an expanding intracranial lesion is possible because the lesion, when it has attained a certain size, affects the central fluid-filled and gas-filled space. Ibid. 301 These tumours cannot be demonstrated pneumographically in any way other than by encephalography. 1964Taveras & Wood Diagnostic Neuroradiol. 752/2 A pneumographic examination in any patient who presents a clinical syndrome that suggests a lesion in the posterior fossa. 1972M. Gado in E. J. Potchen Current Concepts Radiol. xi. 261 Pneumographically differentiation between cerebellar and extra-axial masses behind the cerebellum is impossible. |
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