radiologicallyadv.
/ˌreɪdɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌreɪdiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)li/ 1. By means of or as regards medical radiology.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [adverb]
skiagraphically1896
roentgenographically1909
radiologically1912
1912 Washington Post 12 May 1/4 The size of the heart of every competitor was radiologically measured by means of a Roentgen ray photograph.
1924 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 36 516 When studying radiologically the osseous lesions..I had been struck by the clear delimitation of the pathological loci.
1955 Sci. News 35 87 It was shown radiologically that the sphincter is capable of shutting off the venous return.
1975 Radiology 116 557 Cathartic colon has been described radiologically, but the pathological characteristics have not been reported.
1992 Saudi Med. Jrnl. 13 259/2 Patients..should also be investigated radiologically to detect urinary tract dilatation at a stage before renal function is damaged.
2006 Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 88B 870 Another acetabular component was radiologically loose with progressive radiolucent lines in all Gruen zones.
2. With regard to ionizing radiation or its effects; by means of ionizing radiation. Cf. radiological adj. 2.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adverb] > release of radioactive material
radiologically1946
1946 Troy (N.Y.) Record 1 July 1/5 They might go out without the aid of fire-fighting crews, still waiting until it was radiologically safe to venture inside the lagoon to board her.
1956 Radiation Res. 5 695 The determination of the ratio..involved the assumption that a mouse is radiologically equivalent to unit density material.
1964 L. H. Van Vlack Elements Materials Sci. (ed. 2) xii. 369 The neutron capture and gamma-ray activation which accompanies irradiation may produce radiologically ‘hot’ material.
1979 Guardian 1 May 3/3 The Windscale site is known to be radiologically ‘dirty’.
1988 Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. 78 157/2 Minimal medical and nursing staff to handle radiologically injured as well as contaminated individuals.
2003 T. G. Veneema Disaster Nursing 40/2 Advise..on indirect exposure through radiologically, chemically, or biologically contaminated food, drugs, water supply, and other media.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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