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transillumination

noun

Etymology

From trans- + illumination.

  1. derived from illumino
  2. derived from illuminatio
  3. borrowed from illumination
  4. prefixed as transillumination — “trans + illumination”

Definitions

  1. A shining through (something).

  2. The examination of a body part, or a tissue sample, by shining light through it.

    • Transillumination of anterior teeth, using the composite curing light placed labially to shine through the tooth and be viewed using the mouth mirror, shows up any cavities as dark interproximal shadows.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at transillumination. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at transillumination. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at transillumination

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA