ακτινογραφία

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκτινογραφία (aktinographía, description of light rays). The modern medical sense of X-ray or radiography in modern times is derived from ακτίνα (aktína, ray, radius) + -γραφία (-grafía, -graphy), calque of French radiographie. Modern medical sense first attested 1897.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aktinoɣɾaˈfia/
  • Hyphenation: α‧κτι‧νο‧γρα‧φί‧α

Noun

ακτινογραφία (aktinografía) f (plural ακτινογραφίες)

  1. (medicine) radiography (process of making radiographs)
  2. (medicine, by extension) radiograph, X-ray (photograph made with X-rays)

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