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Synonyms for X-ray
ˈɛksˌreɪx-ray
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X-raynoun
Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
X-rays are light with a wavelength between 0.1 and 10 nm.
Synonyms:
Rontgen radiation, Roentgen radiation, Rontgen rays, X-ray radiation, Röntgen rays, Roentgen rays, Röntgen radiation
Princeton's WordNet
X ray, X-ray, X-radiation, roentgen raynoun
electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target
Synonyms:
roentgenogram, roentgen rayroentgenogram, X ray, X-ray, X-ray picture, X-ray photographverb
a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis
Synonyms:
roentgenogram, roentgen rayx-rayverb
examine by taking x-rays
x-rayverb
take an x-ray of something or somebody
"The doctor x-rayed my chest"
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
x-raynoun
Synonyms:
the röntgen rayAssociated words:
fluoroscope, fluoroscopy, cryptoscopy, cryptoscope
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "x-ray":
radiography, x-rays, radiographic, radiology, diffraction, radiograph, fluoroscopic, crystallography, radiological, radio, fluoroscopy, rays, crystallographic
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There's a tendency in the US to think that every screening test is great. Unfortunately there are screening tests that actually cause more harm than good, in the 1960s and 1970s, we stopped doing chest X-ray screening for lung cancer because, after 20 years of doing it, we finally got around to doing an assessment and we found the death rates were higher in the screened versus the unscreened group.
She had this laugh that was very unique. Her laugh alone made you smile, and she loved to make people smile. My daughter was just outgoing, a ray of sunshine.
He’s got a significant bone bruise there, but the X-ray was negative so it’s just real sore. We’ll see how he feels tomorrow, it takes a while for it to bark. He slid, he felt it, but it was sore already. But it’s just like if something’s sore, you hit it again, it hurts again. If it was going to stiffen up more, that’s why sometimes you get a guy out right away and put ice on it.
Shortly after I moved to Los Angeles, I was looking for work, and I happened to be invited to Ray's studio and sat in and played on a couple of his demos. I didn't charge him a dime for it. I was on cloud nine to be working in the same room as Ray Charles, one of my huge idols.
This notion that Ray Tweedie have to have an event that has seven people show up at it to call it a success in New Hampshire, I think, is somewhat dated and may be the model that the candidates who can't fill rooms use.
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