abreugraphy

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English

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Etymology

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From Abreu +‎ -graphy, eponymized after the inventor, Dr. Manuel Dias de Abreu, a Brazilian physician and pulmonologist.

Noun

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abreugraphy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) chest photofluorography: a screening technique for tuberculosis using a miniature photograph of a roentgenographic fluoroscopy of the thorax