roentgenize
transitive verb
roent·gen·ize
variants or less commonly röntgenize
ˈ⸗⸗ˌīz
-ed/-ing/-s
1
: to make (air or other gas) conductive of electricity by the passage of X rays
2
: to subject to the action of X rays (as for the treatment of a tumor)
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary roentgen-, röntgen- (from Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen) + -ize
First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1