radiologicaladj.
/ˌreɪdɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌreɪdiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ 1. Of or relating to medical radiology.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [adjective]
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1905 Lancet 17 June 1681/2 (heading) Radiological examination of joints.
1923 Daily Mail 7 Aug. 5/6 In the radiological department of the hospital there he was shown his hand with the X rays.
1947 Radiology 49 345/2 One of the old ideas running through the entire radiological literature is that small doses of X-rays exert a stimulating effect.
1969 P. Jacobs in D. Sutton Textbk. Radiol. i. ii. 31/2 Since the surgeon is likely to explore the lesion as soon as it is suspected clinically, one will seldom nowadays observe the radiological phases corresponding to the pathological changes mentioned above.
1991 S. Gibson & R. Gibson Homoeopathy for Everyone (new ed.) viii. 137 Her cancer..rapidly regressed and after a few weeks even all radiological evidence of it had disappeared.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 Nov. a22/2 The pressures sometimes remind him of undergoing cancer treatment a few years ago from a radiological ‘gamma knife’ pointed at his head.
2. Of, relating to, or involving ionizing radiation, esp. that produced by nuclear weapons. Cf. nuclear adj. 5.
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1946 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 12 July 12/3 If men had been aboard the ships used in the atomic bomb test at Bikini, many would have been killed outright while others would have received ‘lethal’ radiological doses.
1948 Charleston (W. Virginia) Daily Mail 14 July 7/3 Nearly all American cities are located near enough to water to be victims of ‘radiological warfare’.
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists May 171/1 The composition and possible radiological effects of the super~bomb tested in the Pacific last spring.
1963 New Scientist 28 Mar. 679/3 The radiological bomb would, presumably, come into the same military category as a persistent gas.
1963 New Scientist 28 Mar. 679 (heading) A radiological arms race in the Middle East?
1976 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 18 Sept. 8 f/3 Six sections of radiological shield manufactured here..are being shipped by rail to..a nuclear power plant.
1983 New Scientist (BNC) 31 Mar. An assessment of the health effects of polonium that was made..in a report on the radiological impact of coal-fired power stations.
1991 Keesings Contemp. Arch. (BNC) May An international advisory committee..approved a plan of action to assess the radiological consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power station accident.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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