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Traditional English :: scintigram
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scintist.html - n.
an image of an internal part of the body, produced by scintigraphy. |
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Traditional English :: scintigraphy
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scintist.html - n. the use of a radioisotope and a scintillation counter to get an image or record of a bodily organ etc. [SCINTILLATION + -GRAPHY] |
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Traditional English :: scintilla
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scintist.html - n.
1 a trace.
2 a spark. [L] |
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Traditional English :: scintillate
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scintist.html - v.intr. 1 ( esp. as scintillating adj.) talk cleverly or wittily; be brilliant. 2 sparkle; twinkle; emit sparks. 3 Physics fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle etc. scintillant adj. scintillatingly adv. [L scintillare (as SCINTILLA)] |
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Traditional English :: scintillation
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scintist.html - n. 1 the process or state of scintillating. 2 the twinkling of a star. 3 a flash produced in a material by an ionizing particle etc. scintillation counter a device for detecting and recording scintillation. |
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Traditional English :: scintiscan
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scintist.html - n. an image or other record showing the distribution of radioactive traces in parts of the body, used in the detection and diagnosis of various diseases. [SCINTILLATION + SCAN] |
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