Main Entry:

to·mog·ra·phy

Pronunciation:

\tō-ˈmä-grə-fē\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Greek tomos section + International Scientific Vocabulary -graphy — more at tome

Date:

1935

: a method of producing a three-dimensional image of the internal structures of a solid object (as the human body or the earth) by the observation and recording of the differences in the effects on the passage of waves of energy impinging on those structures — compare computed tomography

— to·mo·graph·ic \ˌtō-mə-ˈgra-fik\ adjective