angiocardiography

[an-jee-oh-kahr-dee-og-ruh-fee]

noun

plural

angiocardiographies 

1. x-ray examination of the heart and its blood vessels following intravenous injection of radiopaque fluid; coronary angiography.

Other Word Forms

• angiocardiographic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of angiocardiography¹

First recorded in 1935–40; angio- + cardiography ( def. )