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cholescintigraphy

cholescintigraphy noun: a nuclear imaging procedure to evaluate the health and function of the gall bladder.

Noun

cholescintigraphy (uncountable)

  1. A nuclear imaging procedure to evaluate the health and function of the gall bladder.

Origin of cholescintigraphy

From chole- + scintigraphy.

Words formed from cholescintigraphy

Questions about cholescintigraphy

What does cholescintigraphy mean?
Cholescintigraphy means a nuclear imaging procedure to evaluate the health and function of the gall bladder.
What part of speech is cholescintigraphy?
Cholescintigraphy is a noun.

Words near cholescintigraphy in the dictionary

  1. cholerophobia
  2. cholerous
  3. cholers
  4. choles
  5. cholescintigraphic
  6. cholescintigraphy
  7. cholest.
  8. cholestadiene
  9. cholestadienes
  10. cholestadienol
  11. cholestadienols

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