"galactographic" meaning in English

See galactographic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From galactography (“x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid”) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|galactography|ic|gloss1=x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid}} galactography (“x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid”) + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} galactographic (not comparable)
  1. (medicine) Pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: ductographic, galactogram
    Sense id: en-galactographic-en-adj-2bvMDz~C Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more galactographic [comparative], most galactographic [superlative]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|galactography|ic|gloss1=science of charting and mapping galaxies}} galactography (“science of charting and mapping galaxies”) + -ic, {{coin|en|Isaac Asimov|in=1950|nat=American|occ=science fiction author}} Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1950 Head templates: {{en-adj}} galactographic (comparative more galactographic, superlative most galactographic)
  1. (science fiction) Pertaining to galactography; to the charting and mapping galaxies. Categories (topical): Science fiction Related terms: galactographer
    Sense id: en-galactographic-en-adj-GXuC5cdw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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