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teleradiology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • tĕl′ĭ-rā′dē-ŏl′ə-jē
  • Received-Pronunciation, contemporary: /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌtel.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diːˈɔːl.ə.d͡ʒiː/ conservative
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌtel.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diːˈɔːl.ə.d͡ʒiː/
  • General-American: /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/ without the cot–caught merger
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diˈɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • Canada, standard: /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹeɪ̯.diˈɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • Australian: /ˌtel.ɪˌɹæɪ̯.diːˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒiː/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌtel.əˌɹæɪ̯.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/
  • Scotland: /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹe.diˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • Scotland: /ˌtɛl.ɪˌɹe.diˈɔl.ʌ.d͡ʒi/
  • rhymes with -ɒləd͡ʒi

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noun

Meaning 1

Radiology services provided remotely via telecommunications: a means of electronically transmitting radiologic images and consultative text from location to another, even over long distances.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • Holonyms: telemedicine < telehealth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: radiology

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English radiology English teleradiology From tele- (“over a distance”) + radiology.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: téléradiologie — transmission of radiological patient images
  • German: Teleradiologie — transmission of radiological patient images
  • Japanese: 遠隔放射線医療 (enkakuhōshasen'iryō) — transmission of radiological patient images
  • Malayalam: ടെലിറേഡിയോളജി (ṭeliṟēḍiyōḷaji) — transmission of radiological patient images
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teleradiologi — transmission of radiological patient images
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teleradiologi — transmission of radiological patient images
  • Persian: رادیولوژی از راه دور (râdiyoloži az rāh dur / râdiyoloži az râh dur) — transmission of radiological patient images
  • Polish: teleradiologia — transmission of radiological patient images
  • Portuguese: telerradiologia — transmission of radiological patient images