skiagraph

American  

[skahy-uh-graf, -grahf] / ˈskaɪ əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

1. a radiograph.

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Other Word Forms

• skiagraphic adjective
• skiagraphical adjective
• skiagraphy noun

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Doubtless when we are able to devise apparatus of greater penetration, and to control the effect of the rays, we shall be able to skiagraph clearly even through the entire thickness of the body.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

And he pointed to the cosmic-ray skiagraph of the Moon on the curved glass dome overhead.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry

If our methods improve so that we can skiagraph through the entire body, it will be very possible to determine the presence and location of foreign bodies in the stomach and intestines.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

"And what's that?" cried Madge in a shriller voice, pointing upward. cross the patterned surface of the Moon, shown on the skiagraph, a black, cigar-shaped form was passing.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry

Stones in various organs, such as the kidney, will be accessible to examination so soon as our methods have improved sufficiently for us to skiagraph through the thicker parts of the trunk.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various