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Meaning of barium meal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A preparation of barium sulfate (a radioopaque compound) which the patient ingests for the purpose of producing clear radiographs of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
  2. A diagnostic procedure based on observing the barium meal's progress in the digestive tract.
  3. The deliberate release of traceable information to a suspect to see whether they leak it.

Equivalents

Suomi bariumpuuro

Examples

The example of Oswald will show how the different operations of a dangle and a barium meal would work more efficiently together.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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