"lucency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lucencies [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English lucent English -cy English lucency From lucent + -cy. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|lucent|-cy|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English lucent English -cy English lucency From lucent + -cy. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} lucency (usually uncountable, plural lucencies)
  1. The quality of being lucent. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (The quality of being lucent): яркост (jarkost) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-lucency-en-noun-5DOMf7cD Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'The quality of being lucent': 99 1
  2. (medicine) A pale area revealed in radiography, computed tomography, or similar examination technique. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-lucency-en-noun-pSM5UoYb Categories (other): Medicine, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hyperlucency, radiolucency

Inflected forms

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