skiagraph

American  

[skahy-uh-graf, -grahf] / ˈskaɪ əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

1. a radiograph.

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Other Word Forms

• skiagraphic adjective
• skiagraphical adjective
• skiagraphy noun

Etymology

Origin of skiagraph

1895–1900; back formation from skiagraphy the process of making skiagraphs < Greek skiāgraphía painting in light and shade, equivalent to skiā-, combining form of skiā́ shade + -graphia -graphy

Example Sentences

So," remarked Kennedy, as he read over the translation of the skiagraph which he had jotted down as we picked out the letters and words, "that's how the land lies.

From Gold of the Gods by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

To take, therefore, a skiagraph of a brain through two thicknesses of skull, with our present methods, is an impossibility.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

If our methods improve so that we can skiagraph through the entire body, it will be very possible to determine the presence and location of foreign bodies in the stomach and intestines.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

Efforts, therefore, to skiagraph the heart, the lungs, the liver, and stomach, and all the pelvic organs, probably will be fruitless to a greater or less extent until our methods are improved.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

So, too, when we are able to skiagraph through thick tissues, we may be able to show such deposits in the internal organs of the body.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various