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X-RAYING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obtaining images by the use of X rays

Synonyms:

X-radiation; X-raying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("X-raying" is a kind of...):

imaging; tomography ((medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "X-raying"):

CAT; computed axial tomography; computed tomography; computerized axial tomography; computerized tomography; CT (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)

Derivation:

x-ray (take an x-ray of something or somebody)

x-ray (examine by taking x-rays)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb X-ray

Sense 2

-ing form of the verb x-ray

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