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Noun: scintigraphy  sin'ti-gru-fee
  1. A medical imaging technique that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose or treat various diseases, producing two-dimensional pictures of organ function or structure
    "The doctor ordered a bone scintigraphy to detect cancer spread"

Derived forms: scintigraphies

Encyclopedia: Scintigraphy