Definition of scintigram

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scin·ti·gram

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NOUN:

A two-dimensional record of the distribution of a radioactive tracer in a tissue or organ, obtained by means of a scanning scintillation counter. Also called scintigraph, scintiscan.

ETYMOLOGY:
scinti(llation) + -gram

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