radiological

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

variants: or radiologic play \ˌrā-dē-ə-ˈlä-jik\

|Updated on: 12 Jul 2018

Definition of radiological

1 : of or relating to radiology

2 : of or relating to nuclear radiation

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radiologically

play \ˌrā-dē-ə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Recent Examples of radiological from the Web

The bride’s father is a radiological technician for California State Hospital in Los Angeles.

— New York Times, "She Found Her Leading Man Backstage," 30 June 2018
The soil at Parcel A, which was never the site of radiological operations during the Navy’s tenure, has never been tested.

— j.k. dineen, SFChronicle.com, "Building paused as questions linger over contamination at SF’s Hunters Point," 28 June 2018
The Atomic Energy Act gives the federal commission the power to oversee all matters of radiological safety, the government argued, so the state cannot ban mining over its fear of radiation hazards.

— Washington Post, "U.S. high court to take up issue of whether Virginia can ban a uranium mine," 21 May 2018
The team specializes in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents.

— katy moeller, idahostatesman, "National Guard hazmat experts tapped after 2 in Emmett sickened by unknown substance | Idaho Statesman," 18 May 2018
But even Republicans in the state and on the Hill long complained that radiological leaks at the site could contaminate water supplies and that moving the material to the site could expose citizens to radiation should an accident occur.

— jeremy dillon, The Seattle Times, "Yucca Mountain crusader wins House vote on nuclear-waste site," 12 May 2018
Many papers have dealt with reconstruction of the radiation dose received during radiological accidents.

— kristine phillips, Washington Post, "A single jawbone has revealed just how much radiation Hiroshima bomb victims absorbed," 2 May 2018
The land was home to barracks and not used for the radiological testing or other industrial uses that spread contaminants across other parts of the facility, according the Navy.

— j.k. dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, "Possible toxic dirt taints SF Shipyard neighborhood dream for some," 29 Apr. 2018
Russia’s Nebenzia said experts from Russia’s military radiological, biological, chemical unit went to Douma after the purported attack and found no chemical substances on the ground, no dead bodies, and no poisoned people in the hospitals.

— Washington Post, "Tensions rachet up as Israel blamed for Syria missile strike," 10 Apr. 2018

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