skiagraph
[skahy-uh-graf, -grahf]
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noun
a radiograph.
Also skiagram.
Origin of skiagraph
1895–1900; back formation from skiagraphy the process of making skiagraphs < Greek skiāgraphía painting in light and shade, equivalent to skiā-, combining form of skiā́ shade + -graphia -graphy
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But a skiagraph, or X-ray photograph, has a fascination all its own.
The Vanishing ManR. Austin Freeman
The moment the skiagraph was taken, it was very clear which bone should be removed.