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X-RAY FILM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
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)
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