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or·tho·di·a·gram

n :  a tracing showing the outer contours and exact size of an organ (as the heart) made by illuminating the edge of the organ with parallel X rays through a small movable aperture and marking the outer edge of the shadow cast upon a fluoroscopic screen .
 
 

 
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