planigraph

American

[play-ni-graf, -grahf, plan-i-] / ˈpleɪ nɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈplæn ɪ- /

Also planigram

noun

Medicine/Medical.

an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.

First recorded in 1880–85; plani- + -graph

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