X
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9.9
- noun
- NSFW
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éxtasis
- Most, but not all carcinomas will be visible on chest X-ray by the time they are causing symptoms.
Examples
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His M.R.I., C.T. and chest X-rays all came back normal.
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Sarah was diagnosed as attention-seeking after a series of X-rays looking for TB had proved negative.
Academic text (2015) -
When's the last time you had a chest X-ray?
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Digital image storage and display are used routinely in X-ray CT and magnetic resonance imaging.
Academic text (1995) -
The infalling matter, heated by friction, radiates X-rays before it plunges beyond the event horizon.
Academic text (1991) -
As Homer stands guiltily, Larch rifles through an X-ray file, holding various X-rays up to the lit screen.
Fiction book (1999) -
You know, there was a time when doctor's couldn't take an X-ray picture of the brain, because the cranium was so thick, the only way they could get the X-ray to take a picture of an abnormality was to inject with colored dyes or air bubbles.
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At the party, everyone was dancing and enjoying themselves under the influence of X.
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After taking X, she felt a rush of energy and happiness that lasted for hours.
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He was warned about the dangers of X, but he still chose to try it at the music festival.
Synonyms
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9.5
A drug often taken at parties to make people feel very happy and energetic
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9.9
An illegal party drug that comes as small crystals similar to MDMA
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8.9
An illegal man-made drug that makes users feel very happy and changes what they see or hear
9
9.9
An illegal party drug called ecstasy
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9.9
An illegal party drug that makes people feel very happy and energetic
1
9.9
An illegal pill people take at parties to feel very happy and energetic
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9.9
A slang name for the drug ecstasy
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9.9
A slang name for the illegal drug ecstasy often taken at clubs and raves
A man-made drug that makes people feel more energetic, happy, and close to others
A drug taken at parties that makes people feel more friendly and loving
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.3
A machine that uses X rays to take pictures of the inside of the body or of bags
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3.6
People born between the early 1960s and the late 1970s who come after the baby boomers
- US
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3.9
People born between the mid-1960s and early 1980s, often in the United States and Canada
- Specialized
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3.9
A cell part that carries genes, present once in males and twice in females and affecting traits related to sex
- Specialized
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3.0
Special film that records pictures made by X-rays to show bones or the inside of objects
- Specialized
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7.1
A way X-rays scatter from the atoms in a crystal to show its structure
- Specialized
A way a strong gene on the X chromosome causes a trait in children who inherit it
- Specialized
A gene on the X chromosome that causes traits or disorders passed on by that chromosome
- Specialized
A pattern where a gene on the X chromosome causes males to have a trait and females to be carriers
- Specialized
Serious immune disease in boys caused by a gene change on the X chromosome that prevents T cells from developing
- Specialized
A serious inherited disease in baby boys that stops their immune system working
- Specialized
A tail design for an aircraft with four moving parts in an X shape that help control its direction
Surface Forms
Etymology
X is a slang name for the drug 'ecstasy'. One common explanation is that pills and party logos were often marked with an 'X', so people began calling the drug simply X.