radiological

adjective

ra·​dio·​log·​i·​cal ˌrā-dē-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

variants or radiologic

ˌrā-dē-ə-ˈlä-jik 

1

: of or relating to radiology

2

: of or relating to nuclear radiation

radiologically

ˌrā-dē-ə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of radiological in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused no radiological release nor injuries, authorities in the UAE's capital, Abu Dhabi, said. —Alex Sundby, CBS News, 18 May 2026

The media office said there were no injuries and no impact on radiological safety levels. —Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 17 May 2026

Operators feed uranium gas into centrifuges that spin between 50,000 and 70,000 rotations per minute, Anna Erickson, professor of nuclear and radiological engineering ​at Georgia Institute of Technology, said on Substack on Tuesday. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026

This protection includes cases when AI causes or materially enables the creation or use of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons. —Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for radiological

• astrological
• biological
• christological
• chronological
• cosmological
• cytological
• dialogical
• ecological
• ethnological
• ethological
• geological
• histological

Medical Definition

radiological

adjective

ra·​dio·​log·​i·​cal ˌrād-ē-ə-ˈläj-i-kəl 

variants or radiologic

-ik 

1

: of or relating to radiology

radiological treatment

2

: of or relating to especially nuclear radiation

radiological physics

specifically : producing or capable of producing casualties by nuclear radiation

radiological hazards

radiologically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb