NOUN
- electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target
- a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis
How To Use X ray In A Sentence
- The barium shows up white on the x ray, allowing a clear view of the colon and will show how much of the colon is affected.
- Circularly polarized x rays preferentially eject electrons from atoms magnetically aligned with the polarization axis.
- X ray, self - sensation, clinical functional evaluation, functional recovery of nerve were evaluated during follow - up postoperatively.
- That we are not able at present to skiagraph the soft parts of the body, does not imply that we shall not be able to do it hereafter; and should this be possible, especially with our increasing ability to penetrate thick masses of tissue, it is evident, without entering into details, that the use of the X rays may be of immense importance in obstetrics. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896
- The effect of Si on the crystal lattice parameters, lattice volume and crystal defects of the eutectic cementite in malleable cast iron has been studied by using X ray diffractometer and TEM.
- It possesses six rays; the apical rays are long and curved.
- No blood findings are characteristic and the chest X ray alone is not diagnostic.
- His chest x ray showed bullae but no collapse, although an emergency computed tomogram confirmed a large, right sided pneumothorax.
- The commoner forms of these devices in Europe and North America include heel and forearm dual energy x ray absorptiometry and quantitative ultrasound at the heel.
- The shock heats the material in the shell to temperatures over 1 million degrees, producing bright X rays.
