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tomography

noun · 2 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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  • UK: /təˈmɒɡɹəfi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /təˈmɑɡɹəfi/
  • Australian: /təˈmɔɡɹəfi/
  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
  • CMU ARPABET: T OW0 M OW1 G R AE0 F IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Imaging by (virtual) sections or sectioning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: imaging

2

noun

Meaning 2

(medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imaging

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pictorial representation, picturing

Narrower terms: X-raying, X-radiation, sonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasound, positron emission tomography, PET, magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, radioscopy, radiology

History

Etymology

From tomo- + -graphy.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tomografia — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Czech: tomografie — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Finnish: tomografia — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Finnish: kerroskuvaus — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • French: tomographie — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • German: Tomografie — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Hebrew: טומוגרפיה (tomográfya) — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Ido: tomografio — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Irish: tomagrafaíocht — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Italian: tomografia — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Japanese: トモグラフィー (tomogurafī) — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Persian: برشنگاری (boreš-negâri) — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Polish: tomografia — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Portuguese: tomografia — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Romanian: tomografie — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Russian: томогра́фия (tomográfija) — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Spanish: tomografía — imaging by sections or sectioning
  • Swedish: tomografi — imaging by sections or sectioning
Real reading context

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