thermography
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- noun
- /θɜrˈmɒɡrəfi/
- Specialized
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termografía
- Medical thermography is becoming a controversial adjunct in the diagnosis of a variety of medical conditions seen in rehabilitation medicine (1-6).
- infrared thermography
- contact thermography
Examples
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Hopkins's group is also working with infrared thermography to characterize defects in welds and gaps in adhesive layers.
Academic text (2004) -
And for everyone that's listening to us, thermography does not replace a mammogram.
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IR thermography works by sending heat into the piece and watching the thermal response.
Academic text (2004) -
Thermography is particularly attractive for those processes because applying additional heat to the part is unnecessary.
Academic text (2004) -
Don't we know that we need to talk to our doctor about thermography or mammograms?
Blog text (5) -
Plant physiologist Michael Wisniewski (right) and research assistant Glen Davis use infrared video thermography to analyze the freezing of flower tissues.
Academic text (1997) -
Technician Wilbur Hershberger uses infrared thermography to evaluate the ability of water-repellent particle films to block ice formation in frost-sensitive plants.
Academic text (2000) -
When thermography is used to confirm the presence of a problem partially diagnosed through other methods (as in confirmation of stress fractures), the clinician already knows exactly where to look for temperature asymmetries based on the location of pain and other symptoms.
Academic text (1996) -
Doctors often recommend thermography to monitor changes in blood flow and detect early signs of tumors.
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The clinic uses thermography as a safe method for examining the body's heat patterns without radiation.
Surface Forms
Morphology
thermography = thermo + graphy
The word is a straightforward classical formation meaning 'heat' plus 'recording/writing', so the overall sense is directly recoverable from its parts.
Etymology
Thermography comes from the root thermo- meaning 'heat', as in thermometer, and -graphy meaning 'writing' or 'recording', as in photography. So thermography means 'recording heat', and doctors use it to make pictures that show the heat the body gives off to find problems like poor blood flow or tumors.