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radiocontrast

radiocontrast adjective: designating any medical contrast medium used to improve the visibility of internal bodily structures in X-ray imaging techniques such as computed tomography and radiography.

Adjective

radiocontrast (not comparable)

  1. Designating any medical contrast medium used to improve the visibility of internal bodily structures in X-ray imaging techniques such as computed tomography and radiography.
    • Radiocontrast agents are typically iodine or barium compounds.

Origin of radiocontrast

From radio- + contrast.

Questions about radiocontrast

What does radiocontrast mean?
Radiocontrast means designating any medical contrast medium used to improve the visibility of internal bodily structures in X-ray imaging techniques such as computed tomography and radiography.
What part of speech is radiocontrast?
Radiocontrast is an adjective.

Words near radiocontrast in the dictionary

  1. radioconjugates
  2. radiocontaminate
  3. radiocontaminated
  4. radiocontamination
  5. radiocontaminations
  6. radiocontrast
  7. radiocopper
  8. radiocracies
  9. radiocracy
  10. radiocrystallography
  11. radiocurabilities

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