gammagrafía

scintigraphy

noun gah-mah-grah-FEE-ah Rare

Usage Note

Gammagrafía is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that detects gamma rays emitted by a radioactive tracer introduced into the body. It is also called cintigrafía or gammagrama in some Latin American countries. The procedure is used to assess organ function (e.g., gammagrafía ósea for bone scans) rather than anatomy, which distinguishes it from conventional X-ray imaging.

Examples

"La gammagrafía ósea detectó la lesión."

Natural Translation

The bone scintigraphy detected the lesion.

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