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barium meal Definition


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barium meal
noun
    1. medicine.
      A preparation of barium sulphate and water, drunk by a patient prior to X-ray of their digestive system, because it cannot be penetrated by X-rays and so forms an opaque shadow showing the outline of the stomach and intestines.


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