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radiography

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of making radiographs, and the science of analyzing them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: roentgenography, x-raying

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: imaging

2

noun

Meaning 2

photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: photography, picture taking

Narrower terms: roentgenography, X-ray photography, xeroradiography

3

noun

Meaning 3

the process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: skiagraphy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: photography

Narrower terms: autoradiography

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English radiography From radio- + -graphy.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: radiografia — process and science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放射線照相 /放射线照相 (fàngshèxiàn zhàoxiàng) — process and science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放射線照相術 /放射线照相术 (fàngshèxiàn zhàoxiàngshù) — process and science
  • Czech: radiografie — process and science
  • Finnish: radiografia — process and science
  • French: radiographie — process and science
  • German: Radiographie — process and science
  • German: Röntgendiagnostik — process and science
  • German: Röntgen — process and science
  • German: Röntgenographie — process and science
  • Greek: ακτινογραφία (aktinografía) — process and science
  • Icelandic: röntgenljósmyndun — process and science
  • Ido: radiografo — process and science
  • Irish: radagrafaíocht — process and science
  • Japanese: レントゲン写真術 (rentogen shashinjutsu) — process and science
  • Khmer: វិទ្យុលេខន៍ (vi tyu lekh) — process and science
  • Korean: 방사선촬영 (bangsaseonchwaryeong) — process and science
  • Norman: x-raiethie — process and science
  • Persian: پرتونگاری (partow-negâri) — process and science
  • Portuguese: radiografia — process and science
  • Russian: рентгеногра́фия (rentgenográfija) — process and science
  • Russian: радиогра́фия (radiográfija) — process and science