X-RAYING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does X-raying mean? 

• X-RAYING (noun)
  The noun X-RAYING has 1 sense:

1. obtaining images by the use of X rays

  Familiarity information: X-RAYING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• X-RAYING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obtaining images by the use of X rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

X-radiation; X-raying

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)