planigraph

[ pley-ni-graf, -grahf, plan-i- ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.

Other Words From

• pla·nig·ra·phy [pl, uh, -, nig, -r, uh, -fee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of planigraph¹

First recorded in 1880–85; plani- + -graph