radiographer

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Other forms: radiographers

A radiographer is the technician who takes images inside the body. Trained as a radiographer.

They take the image and a radiologist reports on it, which are two different professions. A radiographer positions the patient, and the positioning is most of whether the image is any use.

Definitions of radiographer

1nounradiographerThe technician who takes images inside the body.C1
“The radiographer had him in and out in six minutes.”

radiographer is a professional.

Where it comes from

From radiography + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Jobs & Professions

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radiographer in the wild

A radiation therapist, therapeutic radiographer or radiotherapist is an allied health professional who works in the field of radiation oncology.
Radiation therapist
Karen Lee Killough is an American veterinary radiographer and writer of science fiction mystery novels under the name Lee Killough.
Lee Killough
The surgeon-radiographer in charge, Major John Hall-Edwards, achieved eminence in this field, though he subsequently lost an arm through x-ray damage.
Deelfontein
During the Second World War, Fisher served as a radiographer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army.
Emmanuel Fisher
Boyd was an Australian pharmacist, qualified accountant, and radiographer, and the founding president of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.
Fred J. Boyd

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