radio- /rā-di-ō-/

1. (some of the following words may also be hyphenated) denoting: rays
2. Radiation
3. Radium
4. Radius
5. Radio, wireless
6. (of product or isotope) radioactive, as in rādio-actinˈium and rādio-thoˈrium, both isotopes of thorium, or rādioelˈement (chem)

rādioactˈive adjective

Emitting radiation (radioactive waste any radioactive waste material, esp spent fuel from a nuclear reactor)

rādioactˈively adverb

rādioactivˈity noun

1. Spontaneous disintegration, first observed in certain naturally occurring heavy elements (radium, actinium, uranium, thorium) with emission of α-rays, β-rays, and γ-rays
2. The subatomic particles or radiation emitted by this process
3. Disintegration brought about by high-energy bombardment

rādioautˈograph noun

Another term for autoradiograph

rādiobiolˈogist noun

rādiobiolˈogy noun

The study of the effects of radiation on living tissue

rādiocarˈbon noun

A radioactive isotope of carbon, specif carbon-14 (rādiocarbon dating a method of establishing the age of any organic material, eg wood or paper, by measuring the content of carbon-14)

rādiochemˈical adjective

rādiochemˈist noun

rādiochemˈistry noun

The chemistry of radioactive elements and compounds

rādioelˈement noun

A radioisotope

rādiogenic /-jenˈik/ adjective

1. Produced by radioactive disintegration
2. Suitable for broadcasting

rādiogoniomˈeter noun

A radio direction-finder

rāˈdiogram noun

1. An X-ray photograph, a radiograph
2. A wireless telegram
3. (for rādio-gramˈophone) a combined wireless receiver and gramophone

rāˈdiograph /-gräf/ noun

1. A recorded image, usu a photograph, produced by X-rays
2. Formerly, the wireless telegraph

rādiogˈrapher noun

A technician involved in radiology, eg in the taking of radiographs or in radiotherapy

rādiographic /-grafˈik/ adjective

rādiographˈically adverb

rādiography /-ogˈrə-fi/ noun

1. Photography of the interior of a body or specimen by radiations other than light, such as X-rays, etc
2. Formerly, radiotelegraphy
3. The study of radioactivity

rāˈdioimmunoassˈay (or /-as-āˈ/) noun

An immunoassay of a substance which has been labelled (qv) with a radioactive substance

rādioīˈsotope noun

A radioactive isotope of a stable element

rādioīsotopˈic adjective

rādiolaˈbelled adjective

Labelled (qv) with a radioactive substance

rādiolocāˈtion noun

1. Position-finding by radio signals
2. Radar

rādiologˈic or rādiologˈical adjective

rādiologˈically adverb

rādiolˈogist noun

A doctor specializing in the use of X-rays and in methods of imaging the internal structure of the body for diagnosis and treatment of disease (now often called a radiation oncologist)

rādiolˈogy noun

The study of radioactivity and radiation or their application to medicine, eg as X-rays, or as treatment for certain diseases

rādioluˈcent adjective

Transparent to electromagnetic radiation

rādioluminescˈence noun

Luminous radiation arising from radiation from a radioactive material

rādiolˈysis noun

Chemical decomposition induced by ionizing radiation

rādiolytˈic adjective

rādiometeorˈograph noun same as radiosonde below

rādiomˈeter noun

Any instrument that measures radiant energy

rādiometˈric adjective

(radiometric age the radiometrically determined age of a fossil, mineral, rock, event, etc, usu given in years (also absolute age); radiometric dating the method of obtaining a geological age by measuring the relative abundance of radioactive parent and daughter isotopes in geological materials)

rādiometˈrically adverb

rādiomˈetry noun

rādiomimetˈic adjective

(of drugs) imitating the physiological action of X-rays

rādionˈics singular noun

Diagnosis and treatment at a distance on radiesthetic principles, using a device that tunes in to radiations from samples of hair, nail clippings, etc

rādionūˈclide noun

Any radioactive atom of an element identified by the number of neutrons and protons in its nucleus, and its energy state (radionuclide imaging (radiology) the use of radionuclides to image the physiology or anatomy of the body)

rāˈdiopager noun

A radio receiver which functions as a pager

rāˈdiopaging noun

rādiopaque /-pākˈ/ adjective

Opaque to radiation (esp X-rays)

rāˈdiophōne noun

1. An instrument for producing sound by radiant energy
2. A radiotelephone

rādiophonic /-fonˈik/ adjective

1. (of music) produced electronically
2. Producing electronic music

rādiophonˈics singular noun

rādiophonist /-ofˈə-nist/ noun

rādiophˈony noun

rādioresistˈant adjective

Able to withstand considerable radiation doses without injury

rāˈdioscope noun

A machine used in rādiosˈcopy, examination by X-rays, etc

rādioscopic /-skopˈik/ adjective

rādioscopˈically adverb

rādiosenˈsitive adjective

Quickly injured or changed by radiation

rādiosenˈsitize or rādiosenˈsitise transitive verb

To make (eg cancer cells) more radiosensitive

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