Babygram

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An X-ray of the entire body of an infant. informal

    "Hereby it should first be established that in young infants the so-called babygram (consisting of one anterior-posterior view and one lateral view) of the skeleton should be considered obsolete and an error of judgement."

  2. 2
    an X-ray of the entire body of an infant. wordnet

Example

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"Hereby it should first be established that in young infants the so-called babygram (consisting of one anterior-posterior view and one lateral view) of the skeleton should be considered obsolete and an error of judgement."

Etymology

From baby + -gram.

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x ray

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