Definition of Roentgenology

1. Noun. radiography ¹

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Definition of Roentgenology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Roentgenology

1. Radiology is also known as roentgenology after Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen who discovered X-rays in 1895. Both terms refer to the science of radiation, both ionizing (like X-ray) and nonionizing (like ultrasound), applied to the diagnosis and treatment of disease. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roentgenology

roentgen ray
roentgenium
roentgenkymogram
roentgenkymograph
roentgenkymography
roentgenogram
roentgenograms
roentgenograph
roentgenographic
roentgenography
roentgenologic
roentgenological
roentgenologies
roentgenologist
roentgenologists
roentgenology (current term)
roentgenometer
roentgenometry
roentgenoscope
roentgenoscopes
roentgenoscopy
roentgenotherapy
roentgens
roepiah
roepiahs
roes
roestone
roestones
rofecoxib
roffle

Literary usage of Roentgenology

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

1. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1919)
"A REVIEW OF THE roentgenology OF SYPHILIS* RD CARMAN Osier, in the 1!)17 edition of his text-hook on the "Principles and Practice of Medicine," does not ..."

2. Army Dentistry: Forsyth Lectures for the Army Dental Reserve Corps edited by Frederick Anthony Keyes (1918)
"The Surgeon General has now established schools of military roentgenology throughout the country at which are being trained picked medical officers, ..."

3. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"roentgenology IN DISEASES OF THE TEETH* BS GARDNER A full mouth roentgenogram ... Reprinted from the American Journal of roentgenology, 1920, vii, 575-576. ..."

4. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"SECTION XV LOCALIZATION AND EXTRACTION OF FOREIGN BODIES UNDER X-RAY CONTROL BY JAMES T. CASE, MD, FACS Professor of roentgenology, Northwestern University ..."

5. Military Surgery of the Zone of the Advance by George de Tarnowsky (1918)
"roentgenology IN WAR SURGERY. ; LOCALIZATION OF FOREIGN BODIES IN ARMY SERVICE. ... The ordinary practice of roentgenology, as a rule, has little to do with ..."

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