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postcontrast

postcontrast adjective: following administration of a contrast medium.

Adjective

postcontrast (not comparable)

  1. Following administration of a contrast medium
    • Radiographic features of the lesions included a soft tissue mass with calcifications present throughout, bony destruction of primary/adjacent osseous structures, and variable patterns of postcontrast enhancement; internal septations were visualized in two patients.2015 June 3, Michael W. Bishop et al., “Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma in Children and Young Adults: A Single Institution Retrospective Review”, in Sarcoma, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin of postcontrast

From post- + contrast.

Questions about postcontrast

What does postcontrast mean?
Postcontrast means following administration of a contrast medium.
What part of speech is postcontrast?
Postcontrast is an adjective.

Words near postcontrast in the dictionary

  1. postconsumer
  2. postconsumerism
  3. postconsumerist
  4. postcontact
  5. postcontractual
  6. postcontrast
  7. postcontroversial
  8. postcontroversy
  9. postconvalescence
  10. postconvalescent
  11. postconvention

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