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Definition of "venography" []

  • Radiography of veins or a vein after injection of a radiopaque substance. Also called phlebography. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "venography" in a sentence
  • "The drugs were continued to 10 to 14 days, at which time venography was planned."
  • "A possible drawback seen with studies like ADVANCE-2, the investigators noted, is the sizeable proportion of patients who had suboptimal or no venography after treatment (36% of apixaban and 35% of enoxaparin patients) and therefore couldn't be included in the efficacy analysis."
  • "Objective: To investigate performance characteristics of magnetic resonance angiography, with or without magnetic resonance venography, for diagnosing pulmonary embolism."
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