Relating to radiology, the medical use of radiation for diagnosis and treatment, or to radioactive materials.
From Latin radius (ray) + Greek logos (study) + suffix -ical. Coined in the early 20th century following the discovery of X-rays and radioactivity.
Marie Curie coined the term 'radioactivity' and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for her radiological research! Her laboratory notebooks are still radioactive over 100 years later.
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