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10 Language-to-English DictionariesTomographie
Pronunciation / Transliteration: to.mo.ɡʁaˈfiː
"Die Tomographie liefert Schnittbilder des menschlichen Körpers."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The imaging of natural or artificial internal sections of an object by means of any kind of penetrating wave.
"Doctors used computed tomography to get a detailed cross-sectional view of the patient's brain." - 2
A technique for displaying a representation of a cross section through a human body or other solid object using X-rays or other physical processes.
"Advances in tomography have drastically improved non-invasive medical diagnoses."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek words 'tomos' meaning slice, section, or cutting, and 'graphein' meaning to write or record. It was coined in the mid-20th century to describe imaging techniques that produce a two-dimensional image of a slice or section through a 3-dimensional object.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tomography" is said worldwide
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tomographie
Transliteration: tɔ.mɔ.ɡʁa.fi
"La tomographie permet d'observer les structures internes du corps."
Tomographie
Transliteration: to.mo.ɡʁaˈfiː
"Die Tomographie liefert Schnittbilder des menschlichen Körpers."
tomografia
Transliteration: to.mo.ɡraˈfi.a
"La tomografia computerizzata è uno strumento diagnostico essenziale."
tomografía
Transliteration: to.mo.ɣɾaˈfi.a
"La tomografía axial computarizada reveló una lesión pequeña."
tomografia
Transliteration: tu.mu.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ
"O médico solicitou uma tomografia para melhor avaliação."
टॉमोग्राफी
Transliteration: tomography
"डॉक्टर ने आंतरिक अंगों की जाँच के लिए टॉमोग्राफी की सलाह दी।"
层析X射线照相术
Transliteration: céngxī xǐshèxiàn zhàoxiàngshù
"计算机断层扫描是一种先进的医学成像技术。"
단층촬영
Transliteration: dancheung-chwaryeong
"의사는 정확한 진단을 위해 단층촬영을 처방했다."
断層撮影
Transliteration: dansō satsuei
"CTスキャンは人間の体の断層撮影を行います。"
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