radio-opaque

1. 1.

   not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation

   “barium sulfate is radiopaque”

   Synonymsradiopaque

Questions about radio-opaque

What does radio-opaque mean?

radio-opaque means "not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation".

How many syllables are in radio-opaque?

radio-opaque has 5 syllables: ra-di-o-o-paq-ue. The stress falls on "o-o".

What is another word for radio-opaque?

Close synonyms include radiopaque. 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 radio-opaque a common word?

radio-opaque 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.