roentgenology en · NOUN
Etymology
From roentgen + -ology.
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) Radiography.
The meager X-ray facts are woefully inadequate and there is nothing upon modern roentgen-cardiography. And this book comes out of Boston where Holmes and George practice the art of roentgenology? Oh, well—Prophets without honor, etc.
1924 November, “Physical Diagnosis by Richard C. Cabot, M.D., Professor of Medicine in Harvard University, Formerly Chief of the West Medical Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Eighth Edition, Revised and Enlarged with Six Plates and 279 Figures in the Text. New York, William Wood and Company, MDCCCCXXIII. Price, $5.00. [book review]”, in The Medical Herald and Physiotherapist: Incorporating The Medical Fortnightly & Laboratory News, St. Louis Clinique, General Practitioner and The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet, volume XLIII, number 11, Kansas City, Mo.: Medical Herald Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 265, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| röntgenology | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
gynoroentgenology · roentgenologist · roentgenological
Relateds
roentgenium · roentgen · roentgenography
Translations (1)
fi röntgenologia (synonym of radiography derived from "Roentgen")