x-ray photograph

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noun

a radiograph made with x-rays.

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Origin of x-ray photograph

First recorded in 1905–10

OTHER WORDS FROM x-ray photograph

x-ray photography, noun

Words nearby x-ray photograph

X-ray binary, x-ray binary star, x-ray burster, x-ray crystallography, x-ray diffraction, x-ray photograph, x-ray spectrometer, x-ray spectrometry, x-ray star, x-ray technician, x-ray therapy

How to use x-ray photograph in a sentence

An hour later Dr. Winters shook his head in disbelief as he turned off the light box and removed the X-ray photograph.
The Memory of Mars|Raymond F. Jones
They would make an X-ray photograph, they said, when he should be strong enough to stand it, as a means of further investigation.
The Power and the Glory|Grace MacGowan Cooke
The diseased sinus may present a darker shadow than the healthy one on trans-illumination, or in an X-ray photograph.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
"The Koerting; so it is," said the Baron, when shown the X-ray photograph of his calf.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914|Various

But a skiagraph, or X-ray photograph, has a fascination all its own.
The Vanishing Man|R. Austin Freeman