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RADIOPACITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Opacity to X-rays or other radiation
Synonyms:
radio-opacity; radiopacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("radiopacity" is a kind of...):
opacity (the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation)
Derivation:
radiopaque (not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation)