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roentgen
A unit for describing the exposure dose of x-rays or gamma rays. One unit can liberate enough electrons and positrons to produce emissions of either charge of one electrostatic unit of electricity per 0.001293 g of air (the weight of 1 cm3 of dry air at 0 degrees Centigrade and at 760 mm Hg).
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roentgeno-, roentgen- +
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(Conrad Röntgen (Roentgen), Discoverer of X-rays)
(Named for German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen)
(Tricho Sales Corporation treated excess hair growth with a "ray of light")
(German: radiation, "x-ray"; X-ray; 1896, translation of German X-strahl, from X, "algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity", + Strahl, "beam, ray")
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kymograph x-ray, kymograph roentgen
A device for recording the movement of the heart or other types of motion on a single x-ray film.
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grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia
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kymo-, kym-
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roentgen cymography (or) roentgen kymography (s) (nouns)
An roentgenographic technique for recording on a single X-ray film the extent and rate of movements of the borders of an organ or structure in the body.
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cymo-, cym-, cymo- +
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