TOMOGRAPHY: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:			tu'mâgrufee
Matching Terms:			tomograph
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
	Synonyms:		imaging
	See Also:		magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, PET, pictorial representation, picturing, positron emission tomography, radiology, radioscopy, sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound, X-radiation, X-raying
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		from the Greek words "to cut or section" (tomos) and "to write" (graphein); in nuclear medicine, it is a method of separating interference from the area of interest by imaging a cut section of the object.
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		Tomography is a method of diagnostic imaging to produce cross-sectional images of the body.