radiography en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English radiography From radio- + -graphy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The process of making radiographs, and the science of analyzing them.
In addition, a number of new possibilities would be opened up to diagraphy – e.g., radiography of movements, kinematographic radiography, and radiography of those in a state of convulsion.
1910, Frederick Dessauer, “A New Method of Instantatneous Radiography”, in Archives of the Roentgen Ray, volume 14, page 258:
Coordinates
fluoroscopy · computed tomography · MRI · CT
Deriveds
cineradiography · fluororadiography · plain radiography · photoradiography · teleradiography · stereoradiography · xeroradiography · microradiography · neuroradiography · historadiography · videoradiography · contrast radiography
Hypernyms
Relateds
radiographic · radiographically · radiology · radiographics · radiographist · radiographer
Synonyms
Translations (22)
pt radiografia (process and science) · de Röntgen (process and science) · fr radiographie (process and science) · ca radiografia (process and science) · de Radiographie (process and science) · ru радиогра́фия (process and science) · cmn 放射線照相術 /放射线照相术 (process and science) · ko 방사선촬영 (process and science) · cs radiografie (process and science) · de Röntgendiagnostik (process and science) · nrf x-raiethie (process and science) · de Röntgenographie (process and science) · is röntgenljósmyndun (process and science) · ru рентгеногра́фия (process and science) · cmn 放射線照相 /放射线照相 (process and science) · ja レントゲン写真術 (process and science) · fa پرتونگاری (process and science) · ga radagrafaíocht (process and science) · el ακτινογραφία (process and science) · fi radiografia (process and science) · io radiografo (process and science) · km វិទ្យុលេខន៍ (process and science)