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n. - A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).

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  • The skiagram was taken a fortnight after the injury.
  • The skiagram was taken three weeks after the reception of the injury.
  • Only two small fragments of the mantle were retained, as seen in the skiagram.
  • Fragmentation is exhibited in the skiagram forming the subject of plate XI.p. 194.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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