dacryocystogrammedical dictionary

A radiograph of the lacrimal apparatus obtained (after injection of radiopaque substances) for the purpose of determining the presence of and localizing a site of obstruction; this procedure has been largely replaced by the CT and MRI.

Origin: dacryocyst + G. Gramma, a writing

(05 Mar 2000)

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