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トモグラフィー Japanese meaning | Kotomora

トモグラフィー

also: トモグラフィ

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Meanings

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tomography

Technical term for imaging by sections, used in medical and scientific contexts. Often appears in compounds like CT (コンピュータ断層撮影).

医い者しゃはトモグラフィーを使つかって腫しゅ瘍ようの位い置ちを確かく認にんした

。

The doctor used tomography to locate the tumor.

Related words

断だん層そう撮さつ影えい
Native Japanese term for tomography; more formal and often used in medical reports.

Word family

地じ震しん波はトモグラフィー
seismic tomography

Written forms

トモグラフィーUsage86%
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'tomography'.
トモグラフィUsage14%
Variant without the long vowel; also used, but less common.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'tomography', derived from Greek 'tomos' (slice) + 'graphia' (writing).