Occupation or Discipline
radiology
ra·di·ol·o·gy [ rey-dee-ol-uh-jee ]
Subclass of:
Medicine
Definitions related to radiology specialty:
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(radiology) A specialty concerned with the use of x-ray and other forms of radiant energy in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(radiology) Branch of medicine that deals with the use of radiant energy including X rays, gamma rays, radiowaves, high frequency sound waves in the diagnosis and treatment of disease; for thorough searching see RT's.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(radiology) The branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(radiology) The use of radiation (such as x-rays) or other imaging technologies (such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging) to diagnose or treat disease.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Radiology, branch of medicine using radiation for the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Radiology originally involved the use of X-rays in the diagnosis of disease and the use of X-rays, gamma rays, and other forms of ionizing radiation in the treatment of disease. In more recent years radiology...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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