radiographer
- noun
- /ˌreɪdiˈɒɡrəfə/
- UK
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radiógrafo
- The anthropologists examined the skeletal remains for bullet wounds and other signs of injury or trauma, and handed over the bones to the team's radiographer, Jim Kister.
Examples
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We need more nurses, more admin staff, more porters, radiographers, physios, all the other vital workers.
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If you have implants and are going for a mammogram, I would suggest you inform the radiographer and other appropriate staff that you have breast implants.
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- Any news of the radiographers?
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We need to get the on-call radiographer, and then we can logroll after the pictures have been taken.
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Okay, nobody pays. How many doctors, nurses, pharmacists, radiographers, chemists that create the new drugs, engineers that design the latest med tech, and the people who make all of it, etc., are going to work for free?
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When the forensic anthropologists and radiographer were done, Adel Shaker, a medical examiner in the State of Alabama's Department of Forensic Sciences, reviewed all the evidence.
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The publication 'Non-medical prescribing by nurses, optometrists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, and radiographers:
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The patient met with the radiographer to discuss the procedure for the X-ray they needed.
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As a certified radiographer, she expertly operated the machine that captured the images for the diagnosis.
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After the doctor ordered the imaging tests, the radiographer prepared the patient and explained the process.
Synonyms
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A person or machine that makes pictures for science
A person who takes pictures of the inside of the body like X-rays and CT scans
Surface Forms
Morphology
radiographer = radiography (semi-transparent) = radio + graph + er
The agentive suffix -er regularly forms a person noun from the technical base radiography.
Etymology
The word radiographer comes from parts meaning 'ray' (radio-) and 'to write or record' (-graph), like in photograph, and the ending -er means 'a person who'. So, a radiographer is a person who 'records' images with invisible 'rays', which is why they make X-ray pictures.