radiograph
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈreɪdiəˌɡræf/
- Specialized
:
radiografía
- After the accident, she had to get a radiograph to see if her bones were broken.
- chest radiograph
- normal radiographs
- lateral radiographs
Examples
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A lateral cephalometric radiograph is also used to assist in treatment planning.
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The cephalometric radiograph will document skeletal deformities and soft tissue airway narrowing.
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We should get new radiographs of the pump support structure.
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The findings on the radiograph do not add to those detectable on physical examination.
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The primary outcome was appearance on hip radiographs by 2 years.
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Previous work has shown that the OAR could also reduce the need for radiographs in children.
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Most had cervical lymphadenopathy, and half had a normal chest radiograph at the time of presentation.
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Final diagnosis was based on the masked interpretation of the initial radiograph and the follow-up information.
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Based on our radiographs, we've got a foreign object that looks like a key of some sort located in the intestine.
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The physical examination showed lower lung dullness and crepitations, and a chest radiograph confirmed consolidation.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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3.4
A picture made with invisible light to show the inside of the body
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3.0
A picture made with X rays that shows the inside of the body
An image made by X-rays that shows the inside of the body
An image made by X-rays that shows the inside of the body
An image made with X-rays to show bones or other parts inside the body
A picture made by X-rays that shows the inside of things
A picture of the inside of the body made with X-rays
How Detailed
- Specialized
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8.4
382
3.9
- Specialized
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6.1
860
1.4
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
radiograph = graph + radio (semi-transparent) = radio + graph
The word is built from the combining form radio- plus graph, but the technical medical sense is only partly predictable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word radiograph comes from the parts radio- ('ray') and -graph ('to write' or 'picture'), a root you also see in radiant or radio. So a radiograph is literally a 'ray picture', an image made by X-rays to see inside the body.