| NOUN | act | X-raying, X-radiation | obtaining images by the use of X rays |
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| Meaning | Obtaining images by the use of X rays. | |
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| Synonym | X-radiation | |
| Narrower | computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT | A method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis |
| Broader | imaging, tomography | (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body |
| Verbs | x-ray | take an x-ray of something or somebody |
| x-ray | examine by taking x-rays | |
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