X-radiographn.
/ˌɛksˈreɪdɪə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/, /ˌɛksˈreɪdɪə(ʊ)ɡraf/, U.S. /ˌɛksˈreɪdiəˌɡræf/, /ˌɛksˈreɪdioʊˌɡræf/ Science.
A radiograph (radiograph n.1 2) made using X-rays; an X-ray photograph or image; = X-ray n. 3.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [noun] > an X-radiograph
X-radiograph1899
X-ray1900
society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [noun] > by means of a computer > photographs or images obtained by X-ray, etc.
thermotype1877
phosphorograph1880
shadow-picture1889
inductoscript1892
radiogram1896
radiograph1896
roentgenogram1896
shadowgraph1896
shadow-photograph1896
skiagram1896
skiagraph1896
X-radiograph1899
X-ray1900
autoradiograph1903
vaporograph1903
vapourgraph1903
radiophotograph1904
roentgenograph1905
microradiogram1913
radiophoto1915
powder photograph1917
interferogram1921
radioautograph1941
microradiograph1944
topograph1944
heat map1947
cinefluorograph1949
scan1953
thermogram1957
thermograph1964
cineradiograph1965
stereoscan1968
Kirlian1970
autorad1985
1899 G. B. Shaw Let. 12 Apr. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 11 I have just had an Xradiograph [sic] taken; and lo! perfectly mended solid bone.
1938 E. G. Richardson Physical Sci. Mod. Life ix. 183 Bone has a greater density than the viscera, and so any malformation or fracture is at once revealed if X-radiographs are taken in two azimuths at right angles.
1983 National Gallery News Oct. 4/1 This is a long and delicate process which involves..taking X-radiographs of the painting to ascertain its original state.
2005 R. McNeill Alexander Human Bones vi. 144 The roots of teeth continue to grow after the tooth has erupted, and their initially pointed tips become rounded. These changes are most easily seen in X-radiographs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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