Associations to the word «Radiology»

Wiktionary

RADIOLOGY, noun. (medicine) The use of radioactive substances in diagnosis and treatment.
RADIOLOGY, noun. (medicine) The use of radiation (including ionizing radiation, especially X-rays) in diagnosis, usually through the formation of images.
RADIOLOGY, noun. Radioscopy.

Dictionary definition

RADIOLOGY, noun. The branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation.
RADIOLOGY, noun. (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats