x-raying

IPA: ˈɛksreɪɪŋ

x raying

IPA: ˈɛksreɪɪŋ

Root Word: x-ray

Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
An X-ray machine.
Alternative letter-case form of X-ray [Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.]

(transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.
Alternative letter-case form of X-ray [(transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.]

So contrary were her findings to what everyone was sure of that doctors went right on x-raying pregnant women.
We can't have the American system of scanning and x-raying everything, because that's not good for the patients.
You raise patients' anxiety levels, and if you start x-raying people the whole time, you could end up causing cancers.
Body scanning devices in more than 60 US airports are common now, x-raying far more than our feet when we bought those new shoes.
Stewart hung in there, proving her case, but it took until the 1980s before doctors stopped x-raying pregnant women, all the while "experts" were reassuring us that the technology was safe.
Hugh Turvey, currently working with the British Institute of Radiology makes x-ray animations by taking appliances to pieces, x-raying them, and then reconstructing movements with software.
While I echo the sentiments of Pat and others, I must say that using “intelligence” to screen more people named “Umar” from abroad is a significantly better plan than x-raying* all of our crotches, breasts, and love-handles.