X-Ray

An X-ray is a special image that radiologists take in a room with a machine that uses a form of energy to see through your body. For example, X-Rays are made if you have a broken bone, a sprain or pneumonia. During the X-Ray you have to stay very still, and when finished they might tell you that you need a cast, bandage, medical prescription or an operation.

This word comes from the Latin radius, meaning “ray”, and from the classical Greek –graphia, meaning “graphic representation” or “drawing”.