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scintigraph

scintigraph

9.9
A machine that detects small amounts of radiation from the body to make medical images
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪntɪˌɡræf/
  • Specialized
translation icon : escintigrafo
  • The patient lay on the table while the scintigraph captured images of her thyroid gland.

Examples

  • Technicians calibrate the scintigraph daily to ensure accurate diagnostic images.

  • A new digital scintigraph offers enhanced image resolution for bone scans.

  • The scintigraph is effective.

  • Dr. Smith used a scintigraph to assess the patient.

  • A new digital scintigraph offers enhanced image resolution for bone scans.

  • Technicians calibrate the scintigraph daily to ensure accurate diagnostic images.

  • The patient lay on the table while the scintigraph captured images of her thyroid gland.

Synonyms

tomograph
vsscintigraph
  • Specialized
1 8.3

A machine that uses X-rays and a computer to make thin, detailed images inside the body

detects radiation emitted from the body rather than using X-rays
scintiscanner
vsscintigraph
  • Specialized
9.9

A machine that detects radiation in the body to make images showing how organs work

has identical meaning and refers to the same imaging device

Surface Forms

scintigraph singular
scintigraphs plural
scintigraph's singular

Morphology

scintigraph = scinti + graph

This is a learned medical formation built from the combining form scinti- and the suffix -graph, but the structure is not transparent to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Scintigraph comes from parts that mean 'spark' and 'to write': scinti- from Latin 'scintilla' ('spark') and -graph meaning 'to write', as in photograph. So think of a scintigraph as a machine that 'writes down' the body's tiny 'sparks' of radiation to make a picture.