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pancreatography (medicine) and Parana River (sh)


pancreatography (medicine)


pancreatography


Radiographic demonstration of the pancreatic ducts, after retrograde injection of radiopaque material into the distal duct.

Origin: pancreato-+ G. Grapho, to write


Parana River (sh)




River, South America.

It is the continent's second longest river (after the Amazon River) and rises on the plateau of southeast-central Brazil. It flows generally south 3,032 mi (4,880 km) to join the Uruguay River and form the Rio de la Plata estuary on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin includes most of southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia, and northern Argentina. From its origin at the confluence of the Grande and Paranaiba rivers to its junction with the Paraguay River, it is known as the Alto (Upper) Parana. Completion of the Itaipu Dam between Paraguay and Brazil in the 1980s submerged the massive Guaira Falls and created a large reservoir.