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THERMOGRAPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("thermography" is a kind of...):
diagnostic procedure; diagnostic technique (a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thermography"):
mammothermography (the use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots))
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