a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills
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a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills
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(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Radiology.using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Radiology.examination of body structures using a fluoroscope
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Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or pro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a serie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opaque, x-rays, administered, allows.Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.
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