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# radiograph

noun (a radiograph, radiographs); verb (radiograph — rare)

«radiograph» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A radiograph is an X-ray picture of the inside of the body or an object. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/#m1)

### In the lessons

In health and science it is the formal or medical word for an X-ray photo of bones and teeth. A radiographer takes radiographs. Everyday speech says «X-ray». Phrases: «chest radiograph», «dental radiograph».

### Examples

- The radiograph showed a broken bone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/#x1)
- The dentist took a radiograph of my teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/#x2)
- A radiographer takes radiographs in the hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/#x3)
- (everyday) I had an X-ray of my arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/#x4)
- The radiograph showed a coin in the dog's stomach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/#x5)
- The doctor studied the radiograph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/#x6)
- Radiographs show bones as white shapes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/#x7)
- Museums use radiographs to look inside old paintings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/#x8)

### Note

Formal or medical word; usually «X-ray» in everyday talk. Related: radiography, radiographer, radiologist (doctor who reads the images).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «radiograph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiograph/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«radiograph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/radiograph.html) on Mova free.