pneumography

[noo-mog-ruh-fee, nyoo-]

noun Medicine/Medical.

the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.

the production of x-ray photographs of the lungs.

Origin:
1835–45; pneumo- + -graphy

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Pneumography is always a great word to know.

So is hallux. Does it mean:

the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.

the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.

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pneumography pneu·mog·ra·phy (n&oomacr;-mŏg'rə-fē, ny&oomacr;-)
n.
Radiography of the lungs.

pneu'mo·graph' (n&oomacr;'mə-grāf', ny&oomacr;'-) or pneu·mat'o·graph' (n&oomacr;-māt'ə-grāf', ny&oomacr;-) n.

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