skiagram

ski·a·gram

S0448200 (skī′ə-grăm′)n.1. A picture or photograph made up of shadows or outlines.2. See radiograph.

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[Greek skiā, shadow + -gram.]

ski•a•gram

(ˈskaɪ əˌgræm)

n. a picture made by outlining and shading a subject's shadow. [1795–1805; < Greek skia shadow + -gram¹]

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skiagram - a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, radiogramautoradiograph - a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographedphoto, photograph, pic, exposure, picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive materialroentgenogram, X-ray photograph, X-ray picture, X ray, X-ray - a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis