isoattenuation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
attenuation of an object of interest to the same extent as the background tissue (such that it does not show up on an X-ray image)
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Triple-phase imaging will reveal a hypoattenuating lesion on the early phase, while the delayed phases show peripheral isoattenuation (with the rest of the liver parenchyma) with a persistently hypoattenuating central portion that gradually fills [ 6 ]."
Etymology
From iso- + attenuation.