tomography

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UK/təˈmɒɡɹəfi/Canada, US/təˈmɑɡɹəfi/Australia/təˈmɔɡɹəfi/

noun

Imaging by (virtual) sections or sectioning.

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imaging
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Meanings

nountomography (countable and uncountable, plural tomographies)

plural tomographies

  1. countableuncountableImaging by (virtual) sections or sectioning.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body

Similar
imaging
Broader
pictorial representationpicturing
Also see
imaging

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From tomo- + -graphy.

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Translations

Catalan tomografia
  • tomografiaimaging by sections or sectioning
Czech tomografie
  • tomografieimaging by sections or sectioning
Finnish tomografia, kerroskuvaus
  • tomografiaimaging by sections or sectioning
  • kerroskuvausimaging by sections or sectioning
French tomographie
  • tomographieimaging by sections or sectioning
German Tomografie
  • Tomografieimaging by sections or sectioning
Hebrew טומוגרפיה
  • טומוגרפיה (tomográfya)imaging by sections or sectioning
Irish tomagrafaíocht
  • tomagrafaíochtimaging by sections or sectioning
Italian tomografia
  • tomografiaimaging by sections or sectioning
Japanese トモグラフィー
  • トモグラフィー (tomogurafī)imaging by sections or sectioning
Persian برشنگاری
  • برشنگاری (boreš-negâri)imaging by sections or sectioning
Polish tomografia
  • tomografiaimaging by sections or sectioning
Portuguese tomografia
  • tomografiaimaging by sections or sectioning
Romanian tomografie
  • tomografieimaging by sections or sectioning
Russian томогра́фия
  • томогра́фия (tomográfija)imaging by sections or sectioning
Spanish tomografía
  • tomografíaimaging by sections or sectioning
Swedish tomografi
  • tomografiimaging by sections or sectioning

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tomography

photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallographyechocardiography
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Anagrams

motography
Cite this entry
APA

tomography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomography

MLA

“tomography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomography. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tomography,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomography.

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