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contrast 2, verb(dictionary)
contrast 1, noun(dictionary)

contrast enhancement (medicine) and pectize (iou)


contrast enhancement (medicine)


contrast enhancement


The intravenous administration of water-soluble iodinated contrast material, which increases the CT number of the vascular pool, as well as some lesions (particularly in the brain), due to abnormal leakage into the interstitium; the property of showing increased radiopacity from concentration of contrast medium.


pectize (iou)



pectize verb trans. & intrans. Also pectise. L19.
[from Greek pektos (see PECTIC) + -IZE.]
Change into a gelatinous mass; congeal.
pecti'zation noun the process of congealing or forming a gel M20.