The "x" is not an abbreviation of another word. It's the "x" from algebra,
which refers to any unknown quantity. Wilhelm Roentgen did not know
what had passed through his hand and accidentally produced an image
of the bones in his hand on a nearby piece of film, and he referred to
whatever it was as "X strahlen" ... German for "X rays" where 'X' means
'unknown'. In Europe X-rays are known as Roentgen rays.
X-Radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of
0.01 to 10 nanometers.
Chest X-ray
A plain X-ray is called KUB (kidney-ureter-bladder) x-ray. "Urography" is not plain x-ray.
what is aplv
An arthrogram is an x-ray of a joint with contrast.
The x-ray exam is radiography. Meaning to take a -graph or "picture" using roentgen rays.
The medical word for getting an x-ray is known as roentgenography. During this procedure the patient is placed between the x-ray beam and an x-ray plate. The x-ray beams reflect through the patient body to the x-ray plate.
A mammogram is an x-ray examination of the breast. It is used as a screening tool for breast tumors.
Computed tomography and digital radiography are both computer-assisted x-ray technologies.
lumbosacral
Infective etiology (or infectious etiology) in chest x-ray is an detailed examination of how the disease has spread in the patient's chest.
Sonogram
Tagalog translation of X-RAY: X-RAY