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XEROGRAPHY


check date: 29/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 11/07/2000
originator: CATI

Conceptual Structures
ISASIMPLE-X-RAY
SUBCLASSESXEROMAMMOGRAPHY
DESCENDANTSXEROMAMMOGRAPHY
ANCESTORSALL
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
MEDICAL-SERVE
NONINVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SIMPLE-X-RAY
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
X-RAY
RELATIONSDIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : SOFT-TISSUE-SARCOMA
    MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST
ORIGIN-OF : XEROGRAM
USES : X-RAY


Spanish
xerografíaterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
definition: tipo de radiografía en la que se sustituyen las placas radiográficas por una chapa sobre la que se deposita una finísima capa de selenio. Se trata de un proceso totalmente fotoeléctrico y seco para el registro de las imágenes radiológicas. Este procedimiento se usa en el diagnóstico del sarcoma de tejido blando y el cáncer de mama (xeromamografía). (es)
xerorradiografíadefinition: ver xerografía. (es)
term type: synonym
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10

English
xerographyterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
number: singular
definition: X ray examination that produces detailed images of fat, muscle, blood vessels, and other soft tissues. The pictures are printed on a special photographic paper instead of on film. This type of X ray can be used in the diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma, breast cancer (xeromammography), and other disorders. (en)
xeroradiographypart of speech: noun
term type: synonym
reliability code: 9
number: singular
definition: see xerography (en)
soft tissue radiographynumber: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 9
term type: synonym
definition: see xerography. (en)