angiogram

noun

an·​gio·​gram ˈan-jē-ə-ˌgram How to pronounce angiogram (audio)
1
: a radiograph made by angiography
2

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The stress testing was abnormal, which led to scheduling an angiogram promptly. Budd Shenkin, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025 The angiogram would have seemed otherworldly to my parents’ generation. Budd Shenkin, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025 However, a coronary angiogram (specialized imaging of the heart) that detects blockages will show normal results, which often leads to a misdiagnosis of panic attacks or anxiety. Ashley Olivine, Ph.d., Mph, Verywell Health, 20 Nov. 2024 The vascular surgeon who calls at 11:45 p.m. says, after reading her father’s most recent CT angiogram, that the diffuse colitis was likely caused by mesenteric ischemia, which was caused by a thrombosis of the false lumen of an SMA dissection. Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for angiogram 

Word History

Etymology

angio- + -gram

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of angiogram was in 1932

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“Angiogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angiogram. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

Medical Definition

angiogram

noun
an·​gio·​gram ˈan-jē-ə-ˌgram How to pronounce angiogram (audio)
1
: a radiograph made by angiography
2
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