ther|mo|gram

ther|mo|gram
ther|mo|gram «THUR muh gram», noun.
a measurement or record made by a thermograph: »

In medicine, infrared is a supplement to X-ray diagnosis, providing doctors with a thermogram—a photograph that shows not what our eyes would see but what hundreds of thermometers would sense (Science News Letter).


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