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radiation
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a form of energy carried by waves or a stream of particles
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X-radiation
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a high energy radiation produced by the collision of a beam of electrons with a metal target in an x-ray tube.
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X-ray
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a beam of energy that has the power to penetrate substances and record image shadows on photographic film or digital sensors
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radiology
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the science or study of radiation as used in medicine, a branch of medical science that deals with the use of x-rays is a term that refers to a beam of energy
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radio graph
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a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional object. In practice often called an x-ray this is not correct, x-ray is a term that refers to a beam of energy
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dental radio-graph
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a photographic image produced on an image receptor by the passage of x-rays through teeth and related structures
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radiography
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the art and science of making radio-graphs of the teeth and adjacent structures by the exposure of an image receptor to x-rays
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dental radiography
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the production of radio-graphs of the teeth and adjacent structures by the exposure of an image receptor to x-rays
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dental radiographer
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any person who positions,exposes, and processes dental x-ray image receptors.
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vaccum tube
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built by Heinrich Geissler in 1838 the first vacuum tube, a sealed glass tube from which most of the air had been evacuated.
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Fluorescence
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a glow that results when a fluorescent substance is truck by light,
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Cathode Rays
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a stream of high speed electrons, that originates from the cathode in an x-ray tube.
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