radiograph

[rey-dee-oh-graf, -grahf]

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noun

Also called shadowgraph. a photographic image produced by the action of x-rays or nuclear radiation.

verb (used with object)

to make a radiograph of.

Origin of radiograph

First recorded in 1875–80; radio- + -graph

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Related Words for radiograph

radioactivity, relay, televise, communicate, send, air, beam, transmit, announce, circulate, radiograph, actinism, encephalogram, fluoroscope, cable, show, telephone, telecast, radio, colorcast

Examples from the Web for radiograph

Historical Examples of radiograph

It has installed a complete hospital, with 200 beds and a radiograph outfit.
Our Part in the Great War
Arthur Gleason
No, that radiograph which I have labeled number one is not a copy.
The Social Gangster
Arthur B. Reeve
Craig waved the radiograph of the real Watteau as he emphasized his last words.
The Social Gangster
Arthur B. Reeve
That is the reason why the white shows through the bodice in the radiograph.
The Social Gangster
Arthur B. Reeve
There was no abdominal reaction; the invasion of the abdomen was revealed by the radiograph.
Gunshot Roentgenograms
Clyde S. Ford

British Dictionary definitions for radiograph

radiograph

noun

an image produced on a specially sensitized photographic film or plate by radiation, usually by X-rays or gamma raysAlso called: radiogram, shadowgraph

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radiograph in Medicine

radiograph

[rā′dē-ō-grăf′]

n.

An image produced on a radiosensitive surface, such as a photographic film, by radiation other than visible light, as by x-rays passed through an object.