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hyperattenuated

hyperattenuated adjective: more than usually attenuated.

Adjective

hyperattenuated (not comparable)

  1. More than usually attenuated
    • We measured the length of hyperattenuated arterial obstructions on non-contrast CT. We calculated HU ratios for each patient to assess attenuation of the obstruction in relation to normal background intra-arterial attenuation as: mean obstruction HU ÷ mean normal vessel HU. We repeated obstruction...2015 December 24, “Effect of X-Ray Attenuation of Arterial Obstructions on Intravenous Thrombolysis and Outcome after Ischemic Stroke”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hyperattenuated

From hyper- + attenuated.

Questions about hyperattenuated

What does hyperattenuated mean?
Hyperattenuated means more than usually attenuated.
What part of speech is hyperattenuated?
Hyperattenuated is an adjective.

Words near hyperattenuated in the dictionary

  1. hyperassertive
  2. hyperasthesia
  3. hyperathletic
  4. hyperattention
  5. hyperattentive
  6. hyperattenuated
  7. hyperattenuating
  8. hyperattenuation
  9. hyperattenuations
  10. hyperatticism
  11. hyperatticisms

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