radiography
/ˌreɪdɪˈɒɡrəfi
/noun [mass noun]
The process or occupation of taking radiographs to assist in medical examinations.Specialised nurses examine patients referred from general practitioners, paediatricians, and other orthopaedic consultants and use radiography and ultrasonography as indicated....
- For instance, spinal radiography, computed tomography, barium enemas, and angiography expose our patients to higher doses of radiation than we might think.
- The diagnosis may be confirmed with plain radiography, computed tomography, or endoscopy.
Derivatives
radiographer
- The person carrying out the examination is usually an ultrasonographer, a radiographer specially trained at ultrasound techniques.
- On behalf of the children and their families we call not only for the provision of more linear accelerators but also for the clinical oncologists, radiographers, and physicists to operate them.
- Assessment is best carried out by a dedicated assessment team consisting of an experienced radiologist, surgeon, and pathologist supported by radiographers and a breast care nurse.
Rhymes
- double-crosser
- double-cut
- double-cut roll
- double dagger
- double date
- Doubleday, Abner
- double-dealer
- double-dealing
- double-decker
- double-declutch
- double decomposition
- double denim
- double-density
- doubled haploid
- double digging
- double-digit
- double-dip
- double-dipper
- double-dip recession
- double dissolution
- double dot
- double-double
- double down
- double dribble
- double dummy