scintill-, scintil-, scinti- +

The twinkling of stars (fluctuation of intensity) as seen through a planet's atmosphere.

Scintillation is caused when the star's light is distorted by the Earth's atmosphere. Scintillation is greater for bright stars that are low on the horizon.

The scintigraphy (a two-dimensional picture of a bodily radiation source) of the lacrimal ducts to determine whether or how much they are blocked.

1. An imaging procedure in which antibodies labeled with radioactive substances are given to the patient then a picture is taken of sites in the body where the antibody localizes.
2. Scintigraphic imaging of a lesion using labeled monoclonal antibodies or antibody fragments which are specific for the antigen associated with the lesion.

The Sun emits blobs of plasma (known as the solar wind). Depending on the geometry, rays through different blobs can be focused to a single point. A sort of "twinkling" known as interplanetary scintillation can therefore be observed.

1. Imaging of small anatomic structures by use of a radionuclide in conjunction with a special collimator which "magnifies" the image.
2. Imaging of small anatomic structures by use of a radionuclide in conjunction with a special collimator which "magnifies" the image; for example, the use of technetium-99m in conjunction with a pinhole collimator to image the lacrimal drainage.

Cisternography performed with a radiopharmaceutical and recorded with a stationary imaging device.

Cisternography is the radiographic study of the basal cisterns of the brain after the subarachnoid introduction of an opaque or other contrast medium, or a radiopharmaceutical with a suitable detector.

An image or other record of part of the body obtained by measuring radiation from an introduced radioactive tracer by means of scintillation or an analogous detection method.

From scinti (llation) plus gram.

1. A device for producing scintigrams.
2. A scintigram: A two-dimensional record of the distribution of a radioactive tracer in a tissue or organ, obtained by means of a scanning scintillation counter.

1. The production and use of scintigrams or two-dimensional images of the distributions of a radioactive tracer in a body organ; such as, the brain or a kidney, obtained using a special scintiscanner (an apparatus used in diagnosing some diseases that produces an image, a scintigram, of the distribution in the body of a radioactive tracer that has been administered to the patient).
2. The process of producing a scintigram.

1. A sparkling glittering particle.
2. A tiny, minute, or scarcely detectable amount.
3. A small trace or barely perceptible amount of something (as evidence supporting a position).
4. A spark; always, a minute particle, an atom.

1. Scintillating; emitting sparks.
2. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.

A device for viewing the effect of ionizing radiation, alpha particles, on a fluorescent screen

Lexicomedy definition: Carousing all night ("sin till late").

1. To send forth sparks or little flashes of light; to sparkle, twinkle.
2. To twinkle rapidly as of stars. Such star twinkling is caused by constant small changes in the atmosphere's density.
3. A reference to a phosphor: to fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon.
4. To emit as a spark or sparks; to send forth (sparkles of light); to flash forth.
5. To be ornamented with bright specks.

A well-known "scintillating" poem

Scintillate, scintillate, globule vivific!

Fain would I fathom thy nature specific,

Distantly poised in the ether capacious,

Closely resembling a gem carbonaceous.

Do you have a problem understanding this sesquipedalian version? If so, here it is in a simple format.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star!

How I wonder what you are,

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

1. That which scintillates; sparkling.
2. Hallucinatory flickering patterns and gaps in the visual field as seen in migraine.
3. Interesting, exciting and clever: "Scintillating conversation with a scintillating personality."