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skiagram

American  
[skahy-uh-gram] / ˈskaɪ əˌgræm /

noun

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

  2. skiagraph.


Etymology

Origin of skiagram

1795–1805; < Greek skiā́ shadow + -gram 1; cf. skiagraph


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The skiagram was taken three weeks after the reception of the injury.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

Fragmentation is exhibited in the skiagram forming the subject of plate XI. p.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

The skiagram represented in plate XVIII. shows an obliquely transverse fracture, which in this instance resulted from a crossing bullet, which grooved the surface of the bone.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

This affection may be associated with a spinous projection from the bone, which is capable of being recognised in a skiagram.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

The skiagram was taken five weeks after the injury was received, and at that time no union had occurred.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

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