X-ray photograph
- noun
- /ˈɛksˌreɪ ˈfɒtəˌgræf/
- Specialized
:
fotografía de rayos X
- The doctor examined the X-ray photograph to check for any broken bones.
Examples
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The X-ray photograph revealed a shadow on the lung that needed further investigation.
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After the accident, the technician developed an X-ray photograph to assess the patient's injuries.
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And he showed this X-ray photograph, and it's sort of crystalline.
Synonyms
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3.9
An image of the inside of the body made by a medical machine
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3.4
A picture made with invisible light to show the inside of the body
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6.1
A picture made with X-rays to show inside the body
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3.0
A picture made with X rays that shows the inside of the body
A picture made with X-rays that shows the inside of the body
An image made with X-rays to show bones or other parts inside the body
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'X-ray' (an imaging method revealing internal structures) with 'photograph' (a visual image), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer it is a photographic image produced using X-rays. The noun+noun compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, making the term immediately comprehensible without prior exposure.
Etymology
X-ray photograph comes from how the picture is made: special X-ray rays pass through the body and make a photograph of bones and organs under the skin, so doctors can 'look inside' without surgery.