Angiography
an-jee-OG-ruh-fee
Word origin · Greek elements
rootangi/ovessel (usually a blood vessel)Greek angeîon ‘vessel, container’suffix-graphywriting, description; (in medicine) a recording or imaging procedureGreek -graphía (from graphḗ) ‘writing, drawing, description’
angio- (vessel) + -graphy (writing, recording): imaging of blood vessels.
History: Dictionary.com dates the word to 1720–30. First recorded in English 1720–30.
Definition
Imaging technique visualising blood vessels using contrast dye.
Specialty
🏥 Radiology