radiography

English

Etymology

From radio- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

radiography (uncountable)

1. The process of making radiographs, and the science of analyzing them.
   • 1910, Frederick Dessauer, “A New Method of Instantatneous Radiography”, in Archives of the Roentgen Ray, volume 14, page 258:

     In addition, a number of new possibilities would be opened up to diagraphy – e.g., radiography of movements, kinematographic radiography, and radiography of those in a state of convulsion.

Synonyms

• roentgenology

Derived terms

• cineradiography
• contrast radiography
• fluororadiography
• historadiography
• microradiography
• neuroradiography
• photoradiography
• plain radiography
• radiographist
• scanography
• stereoradiography
• teleradiography
• videoradiography
• xeroradiography

 

Related terms

• radiographer
• radiographic
• radiographics

Translations

process and science

• Catalan: radiografia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放射線照相／放射线照相 (fàngshèxiàn zhàoxiàng), 放射線照相術／放射线照相术 (fàngshèxiàn zhàoxiàngshù)

• Czech: radiografie f
• Finnish: radiografia (fi)
• French: radiographie (fr) f
• German: Radiographie f, Röntgendiagnostik f, Röntgen (de) n, Röntgenographie f
• Greek: ακτινογραφία (el) f (aktinografía)
• Icelandic: röntgenljósmyndun f
• Ido: radiografo (io)
• Irish: radagrafaíocht f
• Japanese: レントゲン写真術 (rentogen shashinjutsu)
• Khmer: វិទ្យុលេខន៍ (vi tyu lekh)
• Korean: 방사선촬영(放射線撮影) (bangsaseonchwaryeong)
• Norman: x-raiethie f
• Persian: پرتونگاری (fa) (partow-negâri)
• Portuguese: radiografia (pt) f
• Russian: рентгеногра́фия (ru) f (rentgenográfija), радиогра́фия (ru) f (radiográfija)