abreugraphy

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noun

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

OriginPortuguese abreugrafia →
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Meanings

nounabreugraphy (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablechest photofluorography: a screening technique for tuberculosis using a miniature photograph of a roentgenographic fluoroscopy of the thorax

Origin

  1. Portugueseabreugrafia
  2. Englishabreugraphy

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

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APA

abreugraphy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abreugraphy

MLA

“abreugraphy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abreugraphy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abreugraphy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abreugraphy.

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