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planigraph

[ pley-ni-graf, -grahf, plan-i- ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.


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Other Words From

  • pla·nig·ra·phy [pl, uh, -, nig, -r, uh, -fee], noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of planigraph1

First recorded in 1880–85; plani- + -graph

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