thermogram

[ thur-muh-gram ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. a graphic or visual record produced by thermography.

thermogram

/ ˈθɜːməʊˌɡræm /

noun

1. med a picture produced by thermography, using photographic film sensitive to infrared radiation
2. the record produced by a thermograph

Word History and Origins

Origin of thermogram¹

First recorded in 1880–85; thermo- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

But this doctor focuses on the whole patient by using nutrition programs, ultrasounds, mammograms, MRIs, thermograms, genetic screening and, when needed, prescription medications.

From Washington Times

The idea of using thermograms to ferret out abnormally growing cells is already being used with an imaging device that takes a temperature reading of breast tissue.

From Time

All of this metabolic work generates heat, and it’s this temperature change that thermograms — and the First Warning bra’s sensors — are designed to pick up.

From Time

“We see some thermograms come back as abnormal, and we do all kinds of imaging with mammogram, ultrasound and MRI and we follow the women and nothing develops,” says Bevers.

From Time

And we have women with breast cancers that are not seen on the thermograms.

From Time