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单词 thermography
释义

thermography

[ ther-mog-ruh-fee ]
/ θərˈmɒg rə fi /

noun

a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
Medicine/Medical. a technique for measuring regional skin temperatures, used especially as a screening method for detection of breast cancer.

Origin of thermography

First recorded in 1830–40; thermo- + -graphy

OTHER WORDS FROM thermography

ther·mog·ra·pher, nounther·mo·graph·ic [thur-muh-graf-ik], /ˌθɜr məˈgræf ɪk/, adjectivether·mo·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby thermography

thermogenesis, thermogenic, thermogeography, thermogram, thermograph, thermography, thermoinhibitory, thermojunction, thermolabile, thermoluminescence, thermoluminescence dating
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British Dictionary definitions for thermography

thermography
/ (θɜːˈmɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

any writing, printing, or recording process involving the use of heat
a printing process which produces raised characters by heating special powder or ink placed on the paper
med the measurement and recording of heat produced by a part of the body: used in the diagnosis of tumours, esp of the breast (mammothermography), which have an increased blood supply and therefore generate more heat than normal tissueSee also thermogram

Derived forms of thermography

thermographer, nounthermographic (ˌθɜːməʊˈɡræfɪk), adjective
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Medical definitions for thermography

thermography
[ thər-mŏgrə-fē ]

n.

A diagnostic technique in which an infrared camera is used to measure temperature variations on the surface of the body, producing images that reveal sites of abnormal tissue growth.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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