Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radiograph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: ra-dio-graph
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than visible light; especially an X-ray photograph.

noun

An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation.

verb

To produce a radiograph image.

Example Sentences

"Therefore, to help evaluate this diagnostic hypothesis, the skeletal remains were fully radiographed in order to provide an overall picture of the distribution of endosteal alterations."

Etymology

From radio- + -graph.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: radio
Suffix: graph

Inflected Forms

radiographs (plural) radiographs (present, singular) radiographing (participle, present) radiographed (participle, past) radiographed (past)

Derived Forms

cephaloradiograph cineradiograph microradiograph radiographic stereoradiograph teleradiograph xeroradiograph

Synonyms

radiogram shadowgraph skiagraph skiagram

Questions

What does radiograph mean?: An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than visible light; especially an X-ray photograph.
Where does radiograph come from?: From radio- + -graph.

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