radiographer

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ra·di·o·graph

(rā′dē-ō-grăf′)

An image produced by radiation, usually by x-rays, and recorded on a radiosensitive surface, such as photographic film, or by photographing a fluoroscopic image. Also called radiogram, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph.

tr.v. ra·di·o·graphed, ra·di·o·graph·ing, ra·di·o·graphs

To make a radiograph of.

ra′di·og′ra·pher (-ŏg′rə-fər) n.

ra′di·o·graph′ic adj.

ra′di·o·graph′i·cal·ly adv.

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Noun

radiographer - a person who makes radiographs

medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine

Translations

مُصَوِّر بالأشِعَّة السّينيَّه

rentgenolog

radiograf

radiologue

röntgenorvos

röntgentæknir

radiologo

radiograf

röntgenológ

radyologröntgen uzmanı

X射线照相师

radiographer

[ˌreɪdɪˈɒgrəfəʳ] N → radiógrafo/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

radiographer

[ˌreɪdiˈɒgrəfə^r] n → radiologue mf (technicien)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

radiographer

n → Röntgenassistent(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

radiographer

[ˌreɪdɪˈɒgrəfəʳ] n → radiologo/a (tecnico)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

radiograph

(ˈreidiəgraːf) noun

a photograph taken by means of X-rays or other rays.

ˌradiˈographer (-ˈo-) noun

a person who makes such photographs.

radiˈography (-ˈo-) noun

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Mrs Sumbo Oyedele, a former, chief radiographer, UCH, Ibadan, said it is a myth that people that undergo X-ray examination will have cancer.

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Catherine is a radiographer trainer and undertook her radiology training in Leeds in 1983-1986.

Radiographer trainer gives talk to wives group

Nine out of 10 patients who go to hospital will see a radiographer. Either a diagnostic radiographer who produces images such as X-rays, CT or ultrasound scans, or a therapeutic radiographer who uses radiation to treat cancer.

A RADIOGRAPHER at Newcastle Hospitals Trust, who greets every day with unstinting good humour, and who continuously supports and motivates his colleagues, has been nominated for a top national award.

Popular worker up for award

ROLE OF A RADIOGRAPHER A radiographer is a person who operates machines such as X- rays and CT scans and interprets the results to doctors for effective treatment.

dependent imaging because right cannot ' demand for ultrasound experts have grown hugely in last three decades with the advent of new technology FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE

SoR member Claire Powlesland, a radiographer at James Cook University Hospital, said: "We're all quite pleased to have had more public support than we expected.