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| picture tube |
the cathode-ray tube in a television receiver, with a screen at one end on which televised images appear. |
| pneumoencephalogram |
an x-ray of the spaces in the brain that contain fluid, after the replacement of the cerebrospinal fluid by air or gas. |
| quillback |
a North American freshwater fish in which one ray of the dorsal fin is elongated. |
| radiogram |
an x-ray print; autoradiogram; radiograph. [1/2 definitions] |
| radiograph |
to make an autoradiograph from; expose to x-ray film. [1/2 definitions] |
| Roentgen ray |
(sometimes l.c.) see "x-ray." |
| stigmatism |
the condition of a lens, and an eye functioning normally, wherein a light ray coming from a point is focused upon clearly. [1/2 definitions] |
| sunbeam |
a shaft or ray of light from the sun. |
| tomography |
a technique of x-ray photography that reveals only one plane of a body's internal structure and eliminates all others. |
| violet ray |
an ultraviolet ray. [1/2 definitions] |
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