teleoroentgenogram

noun

tel·​eo·​roentgenogram

¦telēō sometimes ¦tēl-

variants or less commonly teleroentgenogram

-lə+

: an X-ray photograph taken at a distance of usually six feet with resultant practical parallelism of the rays and production of shadows of natural size

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary tele- entry 2 + roentgenogram

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