tomograph

[ toh-muh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. a machine for making an x-ray of a selected plane of the body.

Other Words From

• to·mo·graph·ic [toh-m, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective
• tomo·graphi·cal·ly adverb
• to·mog·ra·phy [t, uh, -, mog, -r, uh, -fee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tomograph¹

tomo- + -graph

Example Sentences

“If we didn’t have this ‘blessed’ blockade here, we would have bought tubes for the tomograph,” he said.

From Washington Times

Oxygen can also be measured by tracing radioactive markers with a positron emission tomograph, but this expensive equipment is not widely available.

From Scientific American

When Zbik got some lunar soil and a nano tomograph in the same room together, he knew that the first thing he wanted to look at were the infinitesimal glass bubbles in the lunar material.

From Time