kymographyn.
/kʌɪˈmɒɡrəfi/ The technique or process of using a kymograph (in either sense). (In Radiology also known by its originally name of roentgenkymography n.)
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fluorography1896
fluoroscopy1896
Roentgenism1898
roentgenoscopy1903
skiascopy1908
teleradiography1908
teleroentgenography1908
orthoroentgenography1911
pneumography1921
stereofluoroscopy1928
kymography1930
tomography1935
photofluorography1941
neutron radiography1948
pantomography1952
photofluoroscopy1955
orthopantomography1959
panography1961
stereoradiography1965
computerized axial tomography1973
computed tomography1974
computerized tomography1974
CT1974
positron emission tomography1976
PET1979
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > fluid pressure > measuring instruments > use of
kymography1930
1930 J. R. Firth Speech iii. 24 Phonetic kymography measures phone length to within 0·005 of a second.
1933 H. A. Jarre in O. Glasser Sci. of Radiol. xi. 202 We should record here..a publication by T. Gött and J. Rosenthal..concerning the original method of ‘kymography’... It probably will not become very popular anywhere, as it is limited in its application and its evaluation is quite tedious.
1938 Q. Jrnl. Med. 31 463 Kymography has been applied to the study of the localized cardiac infarct.
1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Nov. 677/1 Some of the papers..are in the first instance ‘School’ material, being technical in an equipmental, laboratory sort of way like those on Word-palatograms and on Palatology and Kymography.
1959 P. Cignolini in A. A. Luisada Cardiol. II. iv. viii. 201/2 In Stumpf's method of kymography, there is regular movement of the film or of the grid in the space between two slits (12 mm.).
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