ROENTGENS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word roentgens. (close relations)
Definition of ROENTGENS
roentgen
Best Alternative Words for ROENTGENS
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dose | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time • the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time • a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact • street name for lysergic acid diethylamide verb • treat with an agent; add (an agent) to • administer a drug to | ||||||||
exposure | nounn | |||||||
noun • vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain • the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience • the disclosure of something secret • aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces • the state of being vulnerable or exposed • the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate • a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format • the act of exposing film to light • presentation to view in an open or public manner • abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open) | ||||||||
radiation | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles • the act of spreading outward from a central source • syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours • the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay • the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats • a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain • (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | ||||||||
radiographs | nounn | |||||||
noun • a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) | ||||||||
rontgen | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923) | ||||||||
wilhelm konrad roentgen | ||||||||
noun • German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923) | ||||||||
wilhelm konrad rontgen | nounn | |||||||
noun • German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923) | ||||||||
r | verbv | |||||||
noun • the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet • a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air • the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere • (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole • the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet |