autoradiography

au·to·ra·di·o·graph

 (ô′tō-rā′dē-ō-grăf′)

n.

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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au′to·ra′di·o·graph′ic adj.

au′to·ra′di·og′ra·phy (-ŏg′rə-fē) n.

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Noun

1.

autoradiography - producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed radiography, skiagraphy - the process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light

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