defecography

defecography
Radiographic examination of the act of defecation of a radiopaque stool. [defecation + G. grapho, to write]

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def·e·cog·ra·phy (def″ə-kogґrə-fe) [defecation + -graphy] the making of rapid-sequence radiographs or the recording of fluoroscopic images on videotape during defecation following the instillation of barium into the rectum; used in the evaluation of fecal incontinence.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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