n.
An image recorded on a photographic film or plate produced by the radiation emitted from a specimen, such as a section of tissue, that has been treated or injected with a radioactively labeled isotope or that has absorbed or ingested such an isotope. Also called autoradiogram.
autoradiographic au'to·ra'di·o·graph'ic adj.
autoradiography au'to·ra'di·og'ra·phy (-ŏg'rə-fē) n.
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