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barium meals

barium meals is the plural of barium meal.

Meaning of barium meal

Noun

barium meal (plural barium meals)

  1. A preparation of barium sulfate (a radioopaque compound) which the patient ingests for the purpose of producing clear radiographs of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
  2. A diagnostic procedure based on observing the barium meal's progress in the digestive tract.
  3. (figuratively) The deliberate release of traceable information to a suspect to see whether they leak it.
    • The example of Oswald will show how the different operations of a dangle and a barium meal would work more efficiently together.2017, Nancy Howell Lee, Peter Dale Scott, Bertram Gross, Forbidden Bookshelf's Resistance in America Collection

Questions about barium meals

What is barium meals the plural of?
Barium meals is the plural of barium meal.

Words near barium meals in the dictionary

  1. barium chloride
  2. barium copper disilicate
  3. barium copper silicate
  4. barium copper tetrasilicate
  5. barium meal
  6. barium meals
  7. barium nitrate
  8. barium star
  9. barium stars
  10. barium sulfate
  11. barium sulphate

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