abreugraphyEtymologyCalque of Portuguese abreugrafia, from Abreu + -graphy. Eponymized after the inventor, Manuel de Abreu, a Brazilian physician and pulmonologist.abreugraphy means chest photofluorography: a screening technique for tuberculosis using a miniature photograph of a roentgenographic fluoroscopy of the thorax. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounchest photofluorography: a screening technique for tuberculosis using a miniature photograph of a roentgenographic fluoroscopy of the thorax