barium meal

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barium meal

a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal

barium meal [′bar·ē·əm ‚mēl]

(medicine)

A suspension of barium sulfate taken orally to render the upper gastrointestinal tract radiopaque.

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