X-ray
verb/ˈeks reɪ/
/ˈeks reɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they X-ray | /ˈeks reɪ/ /ˈeks reɪ/ |
| he / she / it X-rays | /ˈeks reɪz/ /ˈeks reɪz/ |
| past simple X-rayed | /ˈeks reɪd/ /ˈeks reɪd/ |
| past participle X-rayed | /ˈeks reɪd/ /ˈeks reɪd/ |
| -ing form X-raying | /ˈeks reɪɪŋ/ /ˈeks reɪɪŋ/ |
- X-ray something to photograph and examine bones and organs inside the body, using X-rays
- He had to have his chest X-rayed.
Word Origintranslation of German X-Strahlen (plural), from X- (because, when discovered in 1895, the nature of the rays was unknown) + Strahl ‘ray’.Want to learn more?
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