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RADIOPACITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does radiopacity mean?
• RADIOPACITY (noun)
The noun RADIOPACITY has 1 sense:
1. opacity to X-rays or other radiation
Familiarity information: RADIOPACITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Opacity to X-rays or other radiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
radio-opacity; radiopacity
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)
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