skiagram

[ skahy-uh-gram ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of skiagram¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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Only two small fragments of the mantle were retained, as seen in the skiagram.

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Such a fracture is illustrated by the skiagram of a femur in plate XVI.

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The skiagram, or drawing in simple outlines, as in the circumscriptions of shadows.

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As the body usually contains bone, it is recognisable in a skiagram.

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