Medical Dictionary

1shadow

noun shad·ow \ˈshad-(ˌ)ō, -ə(-w)\

Medical Definition of SHADOW

1
a :  partial darkness or obscurity within a part of space from which rays from a source of light are cut off by an interposed opaque body b :  a dark outline or image on an X-ray photograph where the X-rays have been blocked by a radiopaque mass (as a tumor)
2
:  a colorless or scantily pigmented or stained body (as a degenerate cell or empty membrane) only faintly visible under the microscope
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