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Röntgenaufnahme

X-ray image

noun ROENT-gen-owf-nah-me Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Also means

radiograph

Usage Note

Röntgenaufnahme is the standard term for an X-ray image; the shorter Röntgenbild is equally common. The verb röntgen is widely used colloquially: Der Arzt hat meine Lunge geröntgt (the doctor X-rayed my lungs).

Examples

"Die Röntgenaufnahme zeigte einen Haarriss im linken Unterarm."

Natural Translation

The X-ray image showed a hairline crack in the left forearm.

Literal Translation

The X-ray image showed a hairline crack in the left forearm.

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