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autoradiogram

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au⋅to⋅ra⋅di⋅o⋅graph

  [aw-tuh-rey-dee-uh-graf, -grahf]
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–noun
a picture revealing the presence of radioactive material, the film being laid directly on the object to be tested.
Also, au⋅to⋅ra⋅di⋅o⋅gram  [aw-toh-rey-dee-uh-gram] .
Also called radioautograph.

Origin:
1900–05; auto- 1 + radiograph

Related forms:
au⋅to⋅ra⋅di⋅o⋅graph⋅ic  [aw-tuh-rey-dee-uh-graf-ik] , adjective
au⋅to⋅ra⋅di⋅o⋅graph⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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au·to·ra·di·o·gram   (ô'tō-rā'dē-ō-grām')   
n.  See autoradiograph.
au·to·ra·di·o·graph   (ô'tō-rā'dē-ō-grāf')   
n.  An image recorded on a photographic film or plate produced by the radiation emitted from a specimen, such as a section of tissue, that has been treated or injected with a radioactively labeled isotope or that has absorbed or ingested such an isotope. Also called autoradiogram.
au'to·ra'di·o·graph'ic adj., au'to·ra'di·og'ra·phy (-ŏg'rə-fē) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: au·to·ra·dio·gram
Pronunciation: "ot-O-'rAd-E-&-"gram
Function: noun
: AUTORADIOGRAPH

Main Entry: 2autoradiograph
Function: transitive verb
: to subject to autoradiography
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autoradiograph au·to·ra·di·o·graph (ô'tō-rā'dē-ō-grāf')
n.
An image recorded on a photographic film or plate produced by the radiation emitted from a specimen, such as a section of tissue, that has been treated or injected with a radioactively labeled isotope or that has absorbed or ingested such an isotope. Also called radioautograph.

au'to·ra'di·o·graph'ic adj.
au'to·ra'di·og'ra·phy (-ŏg'rə-fē) n.

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