galactographic
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From galactography (“x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid”) + -ic.
Adjective
[edit]galactographic (not comparable)
- (medicine) Pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid.
- 2010, Lawrence W. Bassett, Mary C Mahoney, Sophia Apple, Carl D'Orsi, “Ultrasound Indications and Interpretation”, in Breast Imaging:
- 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.
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]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).
Adjective
[edit]galactographic (comparative more galactographic, superlative most galactographic)
- (science fiction) Pertaining to galactography; to the charting and mapping galaxies.
- 1950 January, Isaac Asimov, “...And Now You Don't”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 44, number 5, page 115:
- Nor were the galactographic verities of the situation lost upon Stettin.
- 1969 May, Edmond Hamilton, “The Horror from the Magellanic”, in Amazing Stories, volume 43, number 1, page 11:
- Is there some place here where we can make some galactographic computations?
- 1999, Dave Stone, The Mary-Sue Extrusion, →ISBN:
- This new planet didn't have a name. It could just about support life, but not a lot, and as opposed to Beta Caprisis—where entirely too many interesting things had happened for it to be inhabited—this planet simply wasn't interesting enough. It had a galactographic classification, in a desultory sort of way, but for various reasons you‟re not going to get it out of me.
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[edit]References
[edit]- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “galactographic”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 75.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “galactographic adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.