autoradiograph

(ôt′ō rādē ə graf′)

noun

an X-ray photograph made by bringing an object containing radioactive material into close contact with the emulsion on a film or plate: it shows the pattern of radioactivity in the object

Origin: auto- + radiograph

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See autoradiograph in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
An image recorded on a photographic film or plate produced by the radiation emitted from a specimen, such as a section of tissue, that has been treated or injected with a radioactively labeled isotope or that has absorbed or ingested such an isotope. Also called autoradiogram.

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  • auˌto·raˌdi·o·graphˈic adjective
  • auˌto·raˌdi·ogˈra·phy (-ŏgˈrə-fē) noun

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