Meanings
plural skiagraphs
- alternativenatural sciencesAlternative form of sciagraph.
present singular third person skiagraphs · participle present skiagraphing · participle past skiagraphed · past skiagraphed
- alternativeAlternative form of sciagraph.
She came over to me and I skiagraphed the tooth (without charge — I should hope).
1925, Charles Edmund Kells, The Dentist's Own Book2 more examples
The target should, therefore, be adjusted so as to throw the rays as nearly as possible perpendicularly upon the parts to be skiagraphed.
1909, Herbert McIntosh, Practical handbook of medical electricity for students and practitionersBy the end of September, X-ray equipment had been installed and 16 patients had been 'skiagraphed'.
2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, page 198
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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skiagraph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skiagraph
“skiagraph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skiagraph. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skiagraph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skiagraph.
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