I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a chest X-ray (= a photograph of the inside of your chest, to see if it is healthy )
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A chest X-ray showed that there was damage to his lungs.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
chest
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Eventually it was finished, various tests organised, and chest X-rays .
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But a chest X-ray , spinal tap and urinalysis failed to confirm that.
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This requirement includes a chest X-ray examination.
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Q: After a recent chest X-ray , my doctor told me I might have sarcoidosis.
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These investigations involve haematological tests, ECGs, chest X-rays and blood grouping and cross-matching in case a transfusion should be required.
■ VERB
show
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This creates a pronounced visual luminosity and shows up on the X-ray as strong white.
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They show an X-ray of the skeleton.
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If swallowed, it can choke your baby, and it doesn't even show up on X-rays .
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At this time the Yohkoh images showed faint X-ray emission from a large closed magnetic field structure above the prominence.
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This ensures nothing is inadvertently left inside the patient, although modern-day swabs do show up on X-rays .
take
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Examine you carefully for signs of nerve-root damage and take X-rays of your lower spine.
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One way is to take a cross-sectional X-ray picture of the tree with computer tomography.
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They can take an X-ray photograph of you.
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The device takes X-ray pictures from many angles, under the control of an inevitable microprocessor.
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We took him for an X-ray .
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I took an X-ray of her hips ... and couldn't believe what I saw!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Kemp was taken to the hospital for X-rays of his arm.
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We'll have to take some X-rays to make sure there are no broken bones.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All Jason needs now is another set of braces as well as special X-rays to track his progress.
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And unlike X-rays and other sorts of scanning there is no surgery or radiation.
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However, X-ray analysis has shown that all these forms of carbon consist of small graphite-like crystals.
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They may include blood tests, X-rays or scans.
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When X-rays were taken there sure enough was a needle.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All bags are X-rayed before being put on the planes.
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Jack went to his doctor, who X-rayed the toe.