planigraph

Also pla·ni·gram

[pley-ni-graf, -grahf, plan-i-]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. 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.

Other Word Forms

• planigraphy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of planigraph¹

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