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Definition :

X-ray, a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X-rays; used in medical diagnosis.

X-ray, are special pictures of the inside of your body. A doctor will decide when you need an x-ray and what body part needs to be x-rayed. An x-ray machine, not a camera, is used to take these pictures, when the picture comes out it won't like the ones in your photo album, but doctors have learnt how to look at these pictures. Doctors can see broken bones, lung infections, and more.

(1)(a) Relatively high-energy photon having a wavelength in the approximate range from 0.01 to 10 nanometers.

(b) A stream of such photons, used for their penetrating power in radiography, radiology, radiotherapy, and scientific research. Often used in the plural. Also called reontgen ray.

(2) A photograph taken with x-rays.

Means electromagnetic radiation of short wave-length produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target.