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Radiology

//ˌɹeɪdiˈɑlədʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging). uncountable
  2. 2
    (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation wordnet
  3. 3
    The use of radioactive substances in diagnosis and treatment (which today is the province of nuclear medicine). obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    the branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation wordnet

Etymology

From radio- + -logy.

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