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レントゲン技師 (rentogengishi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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I work as a radiographer at a hospital.
The X-ray technician instructs the patient on the correct posture.
Related words 放ほう 射しゃ 線せん 技ぎ 師し 放射線技師 is a broader term for a radiologic technologist, who may also handle CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine, while レントゲン技師 specifically refers to X-ray imaging.
診しん 療りょう 放ほう 射しゃ 線せん 技ぎ 師し 診療放射線技師 is the official Japanese license title for a medical radiologic technologist, encompassing all imaging modalities. レントゲン技師 is a more colloquial, X-ray-focused term.
Etymology From German 'Röntgen' (after Wilhelm Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays) combined with 技師 (ぎし, 'engineer' or 'technician').