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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation
2: (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation [syn: radioscopy, radiology]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1900 1. a branch of medicine concerned with the use of radiant energy (as X-rays) or radioactive material in the diagnosis and treatment of disease 2. the science of radioactive substances and high-energy radiations

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the scientific study of X-rays and other high-energy radiation, esp. as used in medicine. Derivatives: radiologic adj. radiological adj. radiologist n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Radiology is the branch of medical science that uses X-rays and radioactive substances to treat diseases.

Moby Thesaurus

X-ray photometry, X-ray spectrometry, atom-tagging, atomic science, atomics, atomistics, atomology, curiescopy, fluoroscopy, mass spectrography, mass spectrometry, molecular physics, nuclear chemistry, nuclear physics, orthodiagraphy, photofluorography, quantum mechanics, radiation physics, radiobiology, radiochemistry, radiography, radiological physics, radiometallography, radiometry, radiopathology, radioscopy, radiotechnology, radiotherapy, roentgenography, roentgenology, roentgenoscopy, spectroradiometry, thermionics, tracer investigation, wave mechanics