scintigram

[sin-ti-gram]

noun

a paper printout or photographic record indicating the intensity and distribution of radioactivity in tissues after administration of a radioactive tracer.

Origin of scintigram

First recorded in 1950–55; scinti(llation) + -gram¹

Also called gammagram.

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scintigram in Medicine

(sĭn′tĭ-grăm′)

A two-dimensional record of the distribution of a radioactive tracer in a tissue or organ.photoscan scintigraph scintiscan