Taber's Medical Dictionary
x-ray
(eks′rā″ )
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1. Electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between 0.1 and 100 angstrom units.
2. A colloquial term for an image of a part of the body made with electromagnetic radiation. The formal term is radiograph.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "X-ray." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745186/all/one_view_x_ray.
X-ray. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745186/all/one_view_x_ray. Accessed April 24, 2025.
X-ray. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745186/all/one_view_x_ray
X-ray [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 24]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745186/all/one_view_x_ray.
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