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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 a fortnight after 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

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

An interesting skiagram is reproduced in plate III., which shows a compound form of injury to the clavicle.

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

It is recommended to compare the skiagram with that of the normal spine from the same region and from a patient of approximately similar age.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

A chondroma appears as a clear area in a skiagram.

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

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