thermography

UK: /θɜːˈmɒɡrəfɪ/ US: (thər mog′rə fē)

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ther•mog•ra•phy  (thər mog′rə fē), n. 

1. Printing a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
2. Medicine a technique for measuring regional skin temperatures, used esp. as a screening method for detection of breast cancer.

• 1830–40; thermo- + -graphy

ther•mog′ra•pher, n. 
ther•mo•graph•ic  (thûr′mə graf′ik), adj.  ther′mo•graph′i•cal•ly, adv. 

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thermography / θɜːˈmɒɡrəfɪ/ noun

1. any writing, printing, or recording process involving the use of heat
2. the measurement and recording of heat produced by a part of the body: used in the diagnosis of tumours, esp of the breast (mammothermography), which have an increased blood supply and therefore generate more heat than normal tissue
   See also thermogram

therˈmographer noun

thermographic / ˌθɜːməʊˈɡræfɪk/ adjective