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Radiograph

Definition: Radiograph

Radiograph

Noun

1. A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Radiograph

DomainDefinitions

Medicine

The image produced by radiography. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A photographic shadow image resulting from uneven absorption of radiation in the object being subjected to penetrating radiation b. A picture produced upon a sensitive surface (such as a photographic film), by a form of radiation other than light; specif., an X-ray or agamma-ray photograph. See:roentgenogram. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Radiograph

Synonyms: radiogram (n), shadowgraph (n), skiagram (n), skiagraph (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Radiograph

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Representation

Ichnography, cartography; atlas; outline, scheme; view; (painting); radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph; spectrogram, heliogram.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Radiograph

English words defined with "radiograph": autoradiographyradiographySciagraph, skiagraphy. (references)
Specialty definitions using "radiograph": Microradiographyradiographic contrastSubtraction Technique. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Radiograph

DomainTitle

Books

  • Anatomy and Physiology for Radiographers and Radiologic Technicians. 5th Ed. Previous Eds Published Under Title: Anatomy and Physiology for radiograph (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Radiograph

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Presence of kidney stone(s) detected by abdominal radiograph. (references)

Approximately one-third of patients show evidence of pulmonary edema in the initial radiograph. (references)

This radiograph shows the interstitial changes of early HPS. At the lung bases are Kerley B lines, short linear opacities which are perpendicular to the pleural surfaces. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Radiograph

"Radiograph" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Radiograph" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%1980,337

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Radiograph

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "radiograph": mass-radiograph.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Radiograph

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

radiograph

16

femoral neck radiograph

4

dental machine radiograph

3

device digital manufacturer radiograph

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Radiograph

Language Translations for "radiograph"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

radiografi (radiogram, radiography), rëntgenogramë (roentgenogram, sciagram, sciagraph). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏صورة بالأشعة, ‏صور بالأشعة, ‏أرسل برقية لاسلكية إلى. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

рентгенова снимка (radiogram, shadowgraph, skiagram), радиограф, правя рентгенова снимка, изпращам радиогрма. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

射线照相. (various references)

   

Czech

  

rentgenový snímek. (various references)

   

Danish

  

radiogram (roentgenogram), røntgenbillede (roentgenogram). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

radiogram (roentgenogram), röntgenopname (roentgenogram). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

radiogrammi (roentgenogram, X-ray photography), röntgenkuvaus (radiography, roentgenogram, roentgenography, X-ray photography), röntgenkuva (roentgenogram, roentgenogram X-ray, X-ray photography). (various references)

   

French

  

radiographier (x ray), radiographie (radiography, radiophotography, x ray), radiogramme (radiogram). (various references)

   

German

  

Radiogramm (radio graph, roentgenogram, X-ray photography), Röntgenbild. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ραδιογράφημα (roentgenogram, X-ray photography), ακτινογραφία (radiogram, radiography, radiophotography, roentgenogram, x ray, x-ray photography). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תצלום ר ט'ן. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

röntgenfelvétel (radiogram, roentgenogram, rontgenogram, sciagraph). (various references)

   

Italian

  

radiogramma (radiogram, roentgenogram, X-ray photography), radiografia (radiogram, radiography, radiophotography, roentgenography, x ray, x-ray photography). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adiographray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

radiograma (radiogram, radiogramophone, roentgenogram, X-ray photography), radiografia (radiography, radiophotography, roentgenography, shadowgraph, skiagraphy, x ray, X-ray, x-ray photography), radiografar. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

radiogramã (radio, radiogram, wireless), radiografie (radiogram, radiography, skiagraphy, x ray). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

радиограф, радиограмма (aerogram, radiogram, wireless message). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

radiograf (radiographer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

radiografía (radiography, radiophotography, roentgenogram, roentgenography, x ray, x ray examination, x-ray, x-ray photography). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

röntgenbild (roentgenogram, sciagram, sciagraph, x ray, X-ray photography). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

radyografisini çıkarmak, radyograf, röntgenini çekmek (rontgenize), röntgen filmi (radiogram, radiography, roentgenogram, rontgenogram, x ray). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

робити рентгенівський знімок (x ray), рентгенограма (radiogram, x ray). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

máy rơngen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Radiograph

Derivations

Words beginning with "radiograph": radiographed, radiographic, radiographically, radiographies, radiographing, radiographs, radiography. (additional references)

Words ending with "radiograph": autoradiograph, microradiograph. (additional references)

Words containing "radiograph": autoradiographic, autoradiographies, autoradiographs, autoradiography, microradiographic, microradiographies, microradiographs, microradiography, xeroradiographies, xeroradiography. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Radiograph

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-h-i-o-p-r-r"

-2 letters: diagraph.

-3 letters: airdrop, digraph, parador, podagra.

-4 letters: aarrgh, adagio, gharri, hairdo, horrid, pagoda, pardah, pariah, raphia.

-5 letters: aargh, agora, agria, aphid, ardor, aroid, graph, hoard, padri, pagod, pardi, pargo, pirog, podia, prior, radar, radio, rapid, rigor.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-g-h-i-o-p-r-r"
 

+1 letter: cardiograph, radiographs, radiography.

 

+2 letters: cardiographs, cardiography, radiographed, radiographic.

 

+3 letters: cardiographic, radiographies, radiographing.

 

+4 letters: autoradiograph, cardiographies, radioautograph, radiotelegraph.

 

+5 letters: autoradiographs, autoradiography, microradiograph, phonocardiogram, radioautographs, radioautography, radiotelegraphs, radiotelegraphy, xeroradiography.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Radiograph


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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