radiology

n. the medical discipline or specialty in which radiographic imaging techniques (see radiography) are used to diagnose disease (diagnostic radiology) and radioactive substances and other forms of radiation are used to treat disease (therapeutic radiology). The latter is more commonly referred to as radiation therapy. —radiological adj. —radiologist n.

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Psychology term of the day

October 9th 2024

method of absolute judgment

a psychophysical procedure in which stimuli are presented in random order to a participant, whose task is to place each stimulus in a particular category. The stimuli usually vary along one or two dimensions, such as brightness or loudness. Also called absolute-judgment method.