contrast material

1. 1.

   a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills

   Synonymscontrast medium

   Broadermedium

Questions about contrast material

What does contrast material mean?

contrast material means "a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills".

What is another word for contrast material?

Close synonyms include contrast medium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contrast material a common word?

contrast material is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.