Definition of Radiolucency

1. [n -CIES]

Medical Definition of Radiolucency

1. The state of being radiolucent. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiolucency

radiologic technologist
radiological
radiological-weapon
radiological anatomy
radiological enteroclysis
radiological sphincter
radiological weapon
radiological weapons
radiologically
radiologies
radiologist
radiologists
radiology
radiology information systems
radiolucencies
radiolucency (current term)
radiolucent
radioluminescence
radiolus
radiolyse
radiolyses
radiolysis
radiolytic
radiolytically
radiomagnesium
radioman
radiomanganese
radiomen
radiomercury
radiomeric

Literary usage of Radiolucency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dental Radiogram and the Science of Interpretation: A Textbook for by Frank Earle Browning (1922)
"The peridontal abscess results in a destruction of the calcium element of the bone, thereby increasing the radiolucency of this particular area of bone, ..."

2. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1919)
"When an abscess exists at the root of a tooth, the radiolucency is changed in ... By radiolucency is meant a state of offering but slight resistance to the ..."

3. The Journal of the Allied Dental Societies by Allied Dental Societies (U.S.) (1918)
"Valuable teeth showing mechanically incomplete root canal operations and without periapical radiolucency or if they have periapical radiolucency if they are ..."

4. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, Bennett J. Cohen, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Radiographic findings may include a "barrel-chested" appearance of the thorax, increased radiolucency of the ..."

5. Elementary and Dental Radiography by Howard Riley Raper (1918)
"... radiolucent and radiolucency, ny]*n?ui $ Fig. 456. Special dental illuminating device for displaying and observing dental X-ray negatives. radiopaque ..."

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