skiagram

[skahy-uh-gram]

noun

a picture made by outlining and shading a subject's shadow.
skiagraph.

Origin of skiagram

1795–1805; < Greek skiā́ shadow + -gram¹; cf. skiagraph

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Historical Examples of skiagram

The skiagram was taken three weeks after the reception of the injury.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900
George Henry Makins
The skiagram, or drawing in simple outlines, as in the circumscriptions of shadows.
Popular Technology; Volume 2
Edward Hazen
A skiagram shows the extent of the mass and its relationship to the femur.
Manual of Surgery
Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Fragmentation is exhibited in the skiagram forming the subject of plate XI.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900
George Henry Makins
Skiagram, plate IV., illustrates a well-marked stellate comminution of the shaft with large fragments.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900
George Henry Makins