THERMOGRAPHY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("thermography" is a kind of...):

diagnostic procedure; diagnostic technique (a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thermography"):

mammothermography (the use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots))

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