BARIUM SULFATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barium sulfate mean? 

• BARIUM SULFATE (noun)
  The noun BARIUM SULFATE has 1 sense:

1. a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment

  Familiarity information: BARIUM SULFATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARIUM SULFATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

barium sulfate; barium sulphate; blanc fixe

Hypernyms ("barium sulfate" is a kind of...):

sulfate; sulphate (a salt or ester of sulphuric acid)

 Context examples 

The barium sulfate coats and outlines the inner walls of the esophagus and the upper GI tract so that they can be seen on the x-ray pictures.

(Barium swallow, NCI Dictionary)

A series of x-ray pictures of the esophagus taken after a patient drinks a liquid containing barium sulfate (a form of the silver-white metallic element barium).

(Contrast esophagram, NCI Dictionary)

Barium sulfate is taken by mouth or given rectally.

(Barium sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A liquid that contains barium sulfate (a form of the silver-white metallic element barium).

(Barium solution, NCI Dictionary)

At the initial stages of barium bioaccumulation this element binds to phosphate groups present in EPS, thus forming an amorphous precursor which later evolves to barium sulfate (barite crystals) after replacing phosphate groups with sulfate groups.

(Researchers discover the oceanic precipitation mechanism for barium, which is a proxy for marine bacterial productivity, University of Granada)

The barium sulfate coats and outlines the inner wall of the esophagus so that it can be seen on the x-ray pictures.

(Contrast esophagram, NCI Dictionary)

The x-ray pictures are taken after the patient drinks a liquid that contains barium sulfate (a form of the silver-white metallic element barium).

(Barium swallow, NCI Dictionary)

Barium sulfate is quite insoluble in water, and is used as a radiopaque agent to diagnose gastrointestinal medical conditions.

(Barium sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)