planigraph

planigraph
planigraphy /pleuh nig"reuh fee/, n.
/play"ni graf', -grahf', plan"i-/, n. Med.
an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
Also, planigram /play"ni gram', plan"i-/.
[1880-85; PLANI- + -GRAPH]

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Universalium. 2010.

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