断だん層そう写しゃ真しん

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Meanings

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noun

tomogram; tomograph

Medical imaging term for a cross-sectional image produced by tomography, such as a CT scan slice.

医い者しゃは断だん層そう写しゃ真しんを見みながら診しん断だんを下くだした。
The doctor made a diagnosis while looking at the tomogram.

severance, decline, refuse

層stratum, social class, layer

写copy, be photographed, describe

真true, reality, Buddhist sect

Similar words

CTスキャン
CTスキャン refers to the scanning procedure or device, while 断層写真 is the resulting image.
MRI
MRI is a different imaging modality; 断層写真 can also refer to MRI slices, but CT is the most common context.

Etymology

Compound of 断層 (fault, cross-section) and 写真 (photograph), literally 'cross-section photograph'. The term is a direct translation of the English 'tomogram'.