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galactographic

galactographic adjective: pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid.

Adjective (1)

galactographic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid.
    • We follow the galactogram with sonography, whether or not the galactogram is successful, posititve, or negative. The ultrasound can be useful regardless of the galactographic results.2010, Lawrence W. Bassett, Mary C Mahoney, Sophia Apple, Carl D'Orsi, “Ultrasound Indications and Interpretation”, in Breast Imaging

Adjective (2)

galactographic (comparative more galactographic, superlative most galactographic)

  1. Pertaining to galactography; to the charting and mapping galaxies.
    • Nor were the galactographic verities of the situation lost upon Stettin.1950 January, Isaac Asimov, “...And Now You Don't”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 44, number 5, page 115
    • Is there some place here where we can make some galactographic computations?1969 May, Edmond Hamilton, “The Horror from the Magellanic”, in Amazing Stories, volume 43, number 1, page 11

Forms of galactographic

comparativemore galactographic
superlativemost galactographic

Origin of galactographic

From galactography (“x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid”) + -ic.

From galactography (“science of charting and mapping galaxies”) + -ic. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1950 in the final installment of the novella "...And Now You Don't" (collected as part of Second Foundation).

Questions about galactographic

What does galactographic mean?
Galactographic means pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid.
What part of speech is galactographic?
Galactographic is an adjective.

Words near galactographic in the dictionary

  1. galactogogues
  2. galactogram
  3. galactograms
  4. galactographer
  5. galactographers
  6. galactographic
  7. galactographically
  8. galactographies
  9. galactography
  10. galactohydrolase
  11. galactohydrolases

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