skiagraphy

ski·ag·ra·phy  (sk-gr-f)

n.

1. The art or technique of making skiagrams.

2. See radiography.

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[Greek skigraphi, painting in light and shade : ski, shadow + -graphi, -graphy.]

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skiagraphy

1. the technique of rilling in the outline of the shadow made by an object to create a pictorial work or shadowgraph.
2. the creation of skiagrams on film with x rays. — skiagram, n. — skiagrapher, n.

See also: Drawing

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

skiagraphy - the process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light radiography autoradiography - producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed photography - the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces