thermograph
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A medical camera that shows heat patterns on the body's surface
- noun
- /ˈθɜrməˌgræf/
- Specialized
:
termógrafo
- The technician explained that the thermograph detects infrared radiation to assess temperature changes.
Examples
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The doctor used a thermograph to monitor the patient's skin temperature during the exam.
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With the thermograph, we can observe how heat distribution varies across different areas of the body.
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And that it took a, a thermograph a, a infrared picture of that.
How Safe
Surface Forms
thermograph singular
thermographs plural
Morphology
thermograph = thermo + graph
The word is built from thermo- and graph, but the medical infrared-imaging sense is specialized enough that the exact referent is only partly predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Thermograph comes from the Greek parts thermo- 'heat' and -graph 'to write'. So a medical thermograph makes a 'picture' or record of body heat, helping doctors spot unusual warm or cold areas.