Usually means: Shining light through tissues, diagnosing.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word transillumination:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. transillumination: Merriam-Webster
  2. transillumination: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. transillumination: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. transillumination: Collins English Dictionary
  5. transillumination: Wordnik
  6. transillumination: Wiktionary
  7. transillumination: Dictionary.com
  8. Transillumination: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. transillumination: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transillumination: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. transillumination: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Transillumination: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Transillumination: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Transillumination: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  8. Transillumination: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  9. transillumination: Medical dictionary
  10. Transillumination: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (transillumination)

▸ noun:  A shining through.
▸ noun:  (medicine) The examination of a body part, or a tissue sample, by shining light through it.

Similar:
translumination, underlight, retroillumination, endoillumination, underglow, antumbra, transom, transcurrence, underflush, total internal reflexion, more...

Opposite:
opaque, non-translucent, non-transparent

Phrases:
transillumination test, ocular transillumination, more...

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Similar:
translumination, underlight, retroillumination, endoillumination, underglow, antumbra, transom, transcurrence, underflush, total internal reflexion, more...

Opposite:
opaque, non-translucent, non-transparent

Phrases:
transillumination test, ocular transillumination, more...



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