radiodiagnosis

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noun

diagnosis by means of X-rays or radiochemical tracers

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounradiodiagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural radiodiagnoses)

plural radiodiagnoses

  1. countableuncountablemedicinediagnosis by means of X-rays or radiochemical tracers

Origin

  1. Latinradius
  2. Englishradio-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  4. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  6. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  7. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  11. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  12. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  13. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  14. Latindiagnōsis
  15. Englishdiagnosis
  16. Englishradiodiagnosis

From radio- + diagnosis.

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Translations

Greek ακτινοδιαγνωστική, ακτινοδιάγνωση
  • ακτινοδιαγνωστική (aktinodiagnostikí)diagnosis by X-ray
  • ακτινοδιάγνωση (aktinodiágnosi)diagnosis by X-ray
Italian radiodiagnosi
  • radiodiagnosidiagnosis by X-ray
Russian рентгѐнодиагно́стика
  • рентгѐнодиагно́стика (rentgènodiagnóstika)diagnosis by X-ray
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Chicago

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