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X-RAYING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obtaining images by the use of X rays
Synonyms:
X-radiation; X-raying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("X-raying" is a kind of...):
imaging; tomography ((medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "X-raying"):
CAT; computed axial tomography; computed tomography; computerized axial tomography; computerized tomography; CT (a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis)
Derivation:
x-ray (take an x-ray of something or somebody)
x-ray (examine by taking x-rays)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb X-ray
Sense 2
-ing form of the verb x-ray