tomography

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/təˈmɒɡrəfɪ/


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tomography / təˈmɒɡrəfɪ/
  1. any of a number of techniques used to obtain an X-ray photograph of a selected plane section of the human body or some other solid object
Etymology: 20th Century: from Greek tomē a cutting + -graphy
'tomography' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
CAT - CT - CT scanner - PET - PET scan - SPECT - cat - computed tomography - computer-assisted tomography - computerized axial tomography - computerized tomography - imaging - pet - positron emission tomography - scan - tomo- - tomogram - tomograph

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