Meanings
nounbarium meal (plural barium meals)
plural barium meals
- medicineA preparation of barium sulfate (a radioopaque compound) which the patient ingests for the purpose of producing clear radiographs of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
- medicineA diagnostic procedure based on observing the barium meal's progress in the digestive tract.
- figurativelyespionageThe deliberate release of traceable information to a suspect to see whether they leak it.
The example of Oswald will show how the different operations of a dangle and a barium meal would work more efficiently together.
2017, Nancy Howell Lee, Peter Dale Scott, Bertram Gross, Forbidden Bookshelf's Resistance in America Collection
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鋇餐 /钡餐
- 鋇餐 /钡餐 (bèicān)preparation of barium sulfate
Finnish bariumpuuro
- bariumpuuropreparation of barium sulfate
Welsh uwd bariwm
- uwd bariwmpreparation of barium sulfate
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