also x-ray
(X-rays, X-raying, X-rayed)
1.
X-rays are a type of radiation that can pass through most solid materials. X-rays are used by doctors to examine the bones or organs inside your body and are also used at airports to see inside people's luggage.
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An X-ray is a picture made by sending X-rays through something, usually someone's body.
She was advised to have an abdominal X-ray.
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3.
If someone or something is X-rayed, an X-ray picture is taken of them.
All hand baggage would be x-rayed...
They took my pulse, took my blood pressure, and X-rayed my jaw.
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