thermogram

American  

[thur-muh-gram] / ˈθɜr məˌgræm /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. a graphic or visual record produced by thermography.

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thermogram British  

/ ˈθɜːməʊˌɡræm /

noun

1. med a picture produced by thermography, using photographic film sensitive to infrared radiation

2. the record produced by a thermograph

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Etymology

Origin of thermogram

First recorded in 1880–85; thermo- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

Where there are areas of low metabolism-such as hair and scars or inactive growths close to the surface-the bodv temperature is slightly lower, and -',e thermogram is proportionately darker.

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The advantage of a color thermogram over black and white is that most people can distinguish vivid colors more easily than shades of gray.

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Birdsall preached conservation door to door, offering to give every building a free thermogram, a test that pinpoints places where the most heat is escaping.

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Where blood concentrates close to the surface-in veins, infections or abnormally rapid growths-the skin runs a higher temperature and the thermogram shows a light spot.

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A thermogram of another patient, a 68-year-old man with arteriosclerosis, showed his right leg black from the knee down.

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