Definition of Radiographer

1. Noun. A person who makes radiographs.

Generic synonyms: Medical Specialist, Specialist
Derivative terms: Radiography, Radiography

Definition of Radiographer

1. Noun. (rare) Someone who works with radiography. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Radiographer

1. A nonmedically qualified person who assists the radiologist in imaging (diagnostic radiographer) or the radiotherapist in treatment (therapeutic radiographer). (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiographer

radiogenic
radiogenics
radiogeology
radiogermanium
radioglaciology
radiogold
radiogold colloid
radiogolds
radiogoniometer
radiogoniometers
radiogoniometry
radiogram
radiograms
radiograph
radiographed
radiographer (current term)
radiographers
radiographic
radiographic image enhancement
radiographic magnification
radiographic parallel line shadows
radiographically
radiographies
radiographing
radiographist
radiographists
radiographs
radiography
radiogravimetric
radiohafnium

Literary usage of Radiographer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Clinical Journal (1901)
"By EWH SHENTON, MRCS, LRCP, radiographer to Guy's Hospital. THE Röntgen-ray appearance of osteo-arthritis is sufficiently characteristic to make radiography ..."

2. The International Journal of Orthodontia (1916)
"The question of how the patient is to secure the services of the radiographer is a serious one in many instances. It is a fact that every dentist has among ..."

3. The International Journal of Orthodontia (1917)
"It takes several years of study to become a dentist, one must possess certain requirements to satisfy the law, but, to become a dental radiographer, ..."

4. The Journal of the Allied Dental Societies by Allied Dental Societies (U.S.) (1918)
"I did not come here to criticise the radiographer. I really felt sorry for Dr. Darling when Dr. Rhein got through with him, and I felt like defending him. ..."

5. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1919)
"But as against this, we have the commercial radiographer who, ... And this adverse criticism is directed not alone at the radiographer who is not a dentist ..."

6. A System of Instruction in X-ray Methods and Medical Uses of Light, Hot-air by Samuel Howard Monell (1902)
"The facts are thus taken briefly from the London Lancet: " The Paris correspondent reports the case of a lady who prosecuted a medical radiographer for ..."

7. The Systematic Development of X-ray Plates and Films by Lehman Wendell (1919)
"Unobserved by the radiographer, Mr. Doehn took out his watch to time the ... Twenty minutes passed and Mr. Doehn asked the radiographer if he hadn't ..."

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