scintigram
[ sin-ti-gram ]
/ ˈsɪn tɪˌgræm /
noun
a paper printout or photographic record indicating the intensity and distribution of radioactivity in tissues after administration of a radioactive tracer.
Also called
gammagram.
Origin of scintigram
First recorded in 1950–55;
scinti(llation) +
-gram1
Words nearby scintigram
Medical definitions for scintigram
scintigram
[ sĭn′tĭ-grăm′ ]
n.
A two-dimensional record of the distribution of a radioactive tracer in a tissue or organ.
photoscan scintigraph scintiscan