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Radiology
Radiology
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
04/21/2012

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air-fluid level
Definition
level of a collection of fluid collected in a profile
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bony island
Definition
benign abnormaility increased in a long bone
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bowel gas pattern
Definition
image of gas in the intestine
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free air
Definition
gas in a cavity where it does not belong
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mass effect
Definition
radiographic appearance created by an abnormal mass
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opacification
Definition
incresed resistance to x-ray
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radiolucent
Definition
little resistance to x-ray
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radiopaque
Definition
resisting penetration to x-rays
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sonolucent
Definition
littlr resistance to ultasound waves
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uptake
Definition
absorpton of radionucleotide
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