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to·mog·ra·phy (tə mäg′rə fē)

noun

a process for producing an image of a single plane of an object excluding all other planes, as by using CT scan or ultrasound, in diagnostic medicine, seismic surveys, etc.

Etymology: < Gr tomos, a piece cut off (see -tomy) + -graphy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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