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X-RAY FILM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Photographic film used to make X-ray pictures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("X-ray film" is a kind of...):

film; photographic film (photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "X-ray film"):

bitewing (a dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography)

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 Context examples: 

The iodine moiety of diatrizoate is not penetrable by X-rays, therefore it blocks the X-ray film exposure by radiation.

(Diatrizoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)