radiology

noun

ra·​di·​ol·​o·​gy ˌrā-dē-ˈä-lə-jē 

1

: a branch of medicine concerned with the use of radiant energy (such as X-rays) or radioactive material in the diagnosis and treatment of disease

2

: the science of radioactive substances and high-energy radiations

Examples of radiology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The hospital’s new EP lab also has a catheterization lab and an interventional radiology lab. —Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024

In an accompanying editorial published with the task force's screening recommendations in JAMA, Wendie A. Berg, a professor of radiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said annual screenings would save more lives. —Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024

The lawsuit contends that the doctors should have known the patient was too unstable to be transferred to radiology for a test to confirm abruption and that an emergency C-section should have been performed sooner. —Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2024

Morris is a professor of radiology and biomedical imaging at Yale. —Evan Morris, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

radiology

noun

ra·​di·​ol·​o·​gy ˌrād-ē-ˈäl-ə-jə̄ 

: a branch of medicine concerned with the use of radiant energy (as X-rays) or radioactive material in the diagnosis and treatment of disease

radiological

-ə-ˈläj-i-kəl

adjective

or radiologic

-ik

radiologist

-ˈäl-ə-jist

noun

Medical Definition

radiology

noun

ra·​di·​ol·​o·​gy -jē 

plural radiologies

1

: the science of radioactive substances and high-energy radiations

2

: a branch of medicine concerned with the use of radiant energy (as X-rays or ultrasound) in the diagnosis and treatment of disease