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abreugraphy

abreugraphy noun: chest photofluorography: a screening technique for tuberculosis using a miniature photograph of a roentgenographic fluoroscopy of the thorax.

Noun

abreugraphy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) chest photofluorography: a screening technique for tuberculosis using a miniature photograph of a roentgenographic fluoroscopy of the thorax

Origin of abreugraphy

Calque of Portuguese abreugrafia, from Abreu + -graphy. Eponymized after the inventor, Manuel de Abreu, a Brazilian physician and pulmonologist.

Questions about abreugraphy

What does abreugraphy mean?
Abreugraphy means chest photofluorography: a screening technique for tuberculosis using a miniature photograph of a roentgenographic fluoroscopy of the thorax.
What part of speech is abreugraphy?
Abreugraphy is a noun.

Words near abreugraphy in the dictionary

  1. Abreos
  2. abreption
  3. abreptions
  4. abrest
  5. Abreu
  6. abreugraphy
  7. Abreus
  8. abreuvoir
  9. abreuvoirs
  10. abrew
  11. Abrey

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