Galactographic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid. not-comparable
"We follow the galactogram with sonography, whether or not the galactogram is successful, posititve, or negative. The ultrasound can be useful regardless of the galactographic results."
- 2 Pertaining to galactography; to the charting and mapping galaxies.
"Nor were the galactographic verities of the situation lost upon Stettin."
Example
More examples"We follow the galactogram with sonography, whether or not the galactogram is successful, posititve, or negative. The ultrasound can be useful regardless of the galactographic results."
Etymology
From galactography (“x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid”) + -ic.
From galactography (“science of charting and mapping galaxies”) + -ic. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1950 in the final installment of the novella "...And Now You Don't" (collected as part of Second Foundation).
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