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thermogram

[ thur-muh-gram ]

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. a graphic or visual record produced by thermography.


thermogram

/ ˈθɜːəʊˌɡæ /

noun

  1. med a picture produced by thermography, using photographic film sensitive to infrared radiation
  2. the record produced by a thermograph
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of thermogram1

First recorded in 1880–85; thermo- + -gram 1
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Example Sentences

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But this doctor focuses on the whole patient by using nutrition programs, ultrasounds, mammograms, MRIs, thermograms, genetic screening and, when needed, prescription medications.

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The idea of using thermograms to ferret out abnormally growing cells is already being used with an imaging device that takes a temperature reading of breast tissue.

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All of this metabolic work generates heat, and it’s this temperature change that thermograms — and the First Warning bra’s sensors — are designed to pick up.

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“We see some thermograms come back as abnormal, and we do all kinds of imaging with mammogram, ultrasound and MRI and we follow the women and nothing develops,” says Bevers.

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And we have women with breast cancers that are not seen on the thermograms.

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