radiografie

Forms

radiografie f (plural radiografii)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French radiographie.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} The French word is a shortening of earlier radiophotographie.^[1] In Romanian it can be analysed as radio- and -grafie;^[1][6] Scriban derived it from Latin radius (“ray”) and the same final element.^[1][6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is Șăineanu's dictionary of 1896, in the sense of a photograph taken with X-rays.^[2][4] Șăineanu's later edition explains its use: it shows the exact place and nature of injuries to the bones.^[7]

Semantic evolution

It named both the procedure of photographing the inside of an opaque body, above all of the human body, with X-rays, and the image obtained;^[6] Scriban gives a bullet lodged in the body as the example.^[2][6] Marcu adds a figurative sense, a close analysis that brings out the hidden features of a text.^[5]

Timeline

• 1896 – first record, in Șăineanu's dictionary.^[2]
• 1939 – Scriban's dictionary derives it from Latin radius.^[6]
• 2000 – Marcu records the figurative sense “close analysis of a text”.^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. radiography: photographing the inside of an opaque body, especially parts of the human body, with X-rays or similar radiation.^[3][2][1]
2. (concrete) A picture obtained in this way, an X-ray; synonym radiogramă.^[3][2]
3. (figurative) A close analysis that reveals the hidden features of a text or situation.^[5]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 618
3. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 908
4. ^ a b Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. radiografie
5. ^ a b c d Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. radiografie
6. ^ a b c d e Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1085
7. ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 1, 529