Definitions
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- adjective not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation
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Examples
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She has radio-opaque dye injected through her cervix into her uterus and all the way up her fallopian tubes.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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***This was probably Lipiodol, a poppy seed oil used as a radio-opaque contrast agent in radiological investigations.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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She has radio-opaque dye injected through her cervix into her uterus and all the way up her fallopian tubes.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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A radio-opaque dye is injected into the vagina and uterus, and a series of X rays is taken.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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A radio-opaque contrast medium has been injected into one of four neck vessels
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IVP stands for intravenous pyelogram, a test in which we inject a radio-opaque dye into a vein and then X-ray the abdomen to document the passage of the dye through the kidneys, ureters, and bladder.
Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997
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IVP stands for intravenous pyelogram, a test in which we inject a radio-opaque dye into a vein and then X-ray the abdomen to document the passage of the dye through the kidneys, ureters, and bladder.
Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997
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Stephanie Prior said: Nexplanon has a new preloaded applicator which is designed to reduce the risk of insertion difficulties and it is radio-opaque so that it can be identified on an
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Jammers are of two types: radio-opaque shielding, and active broadcasting.
The Truth About Cars 2010
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Firstly, a 10 cm radio-opaque nylon string is incorporated into the distal end of the stent to facilitate endoscopic retrieval.
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