galactographic

== English == === Etymology 1 === From galactography (“x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid”) +‎ -ic. ==== Adjective ==== galactographic (not comparable) (medicine) Pertaining to galactography, the use of X-rays to evaluate breast fluid. ===== Related terms ===== ductographic galactogram === Etymology 2 === 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 ==== galactographic (comparative more galactographic, superlative most galactographic) (science fiction) Pertaining to galactography; to the charting and mapping galaxies. ===== Related terms ===== galactographer === References === 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 (2001–2026), “galactographic adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.