Field-Related Glossary
Field-Related Glossary
20 Diagnostic Imaging terms
This glossary is about some words that use in Diagnostic Imaging that are unfamiliar to the people that do not work in this field
- Angiogram
- Noun
- The use of X-rays to see the blood vessels
- Example: I need to do a an angiogram to see if there is a problem in his blood vessels.
- fr: Angiographie
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- C-arm
- Noun
- Advanced medical imaging system
- Example: I need to use the C-arm.
- fr: Ampliphotographe
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- Cystoscopy
- Noun
- A procedure who allows the doctor to see inside the bladder
- Example: They did a cystoscopy to this person.
- fr: Cystoscopie
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- Fluoroscopy
- Noun
- X-rays of a moving part of the body
- Example: I need to do a fluoroscopy to this person.
- fr: Fluroscopie
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- Hermatoma
- Noun
- Bleeding into the tissues caused by damaged blood vessels
- Example: I saw a blood collection, i think he has a hermatoma
- fr: Hématome
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- Indolent
- Adjective
- Slow to develop
- Example: His disease is indolent.
- fr: Indolent
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- Ischemia
- Noun
- Inadequate blood supply to an organ
- Example: She has a ischemia.
- fr: Ischémie
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- Lymphoma
- Noun
- Cancers that involve the cells of immune system.
- Example: He had a lymphoma, but he is better now.
- fr: Lymphome
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- Mandible
- Noun
- Lower jaw
- Example: I have to do a radiography of his mouth to see if there is something wrong with his teeth on his mandible.
- fr: Mandibule
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- Necrosis
- Noun
- Death of a living tissue.
- Example: I saw a necrosis in his kidney.
- fr: Nécrose
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- Nephropathy
- Noun
- Kidney disease
- Example: She has a nephropathy.
- fr: Néphropathie
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- Peritonitis
- Noun
- Inflammation of the thin tissues that line the abdomen.
- Example: This patient has a peritonitis.
- fr: Péritonite
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- Phlebitis
- Noun
- Painful swelling of the veins.
- Example: I saw that he has a phlebitis because of the radiography
- fr: Phlébite
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- Pylorus
- Noun
- Passage from the stomach into the small intestines.
- Example: I take a radiograhy of his stomach and the pylorus is visible in the image
- fr: Pylore
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- Radiolucent
- Adjective
- Almost transparent to X-rays
- Example: Blood clots are radiolucent in the last radiography I took.
- fr: Radiolucide
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- Radiopaque
- Adjective
- Not allowing the penetration of X-rays
- Example: There are some radiopaque blood clots in his arm
- fr: Radio-opaque
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- Sigmoid colon
- Noun
- Lower part of the colon
- Example: i took a scan of his sigmoid colon
- fr: Côlon sigmoïde
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- Staging
- Noun
- Determining the progression of a disease
- Example: Your cancer staging seems to be stable.
- fr: Progression
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- Suture
- Noun
- Stitches used to hold tissue together
- Example: He need some sutures.
- fr: Suture
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- Venogram
- Noun
- X-rays imaging of the veins
- Example: I did a venogram to see her blood vessels
- fr: Vénogramme
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