Meanings
nounoverpenetration (uncountable)
- uncountableExcessive penetration.
This difficulty in detecting tumours in the central region have been attributed to overpenetration of X-rays in the nipple-areolar complex; accurate diagnosis in this region may require the use of multiple imaging modalities.
2015 July 13, Seth Rummel et al., “Tumour location within the breast: Does tumour site have prognostic ability?”, in ecancermedicalscience, volume 9, →DOI
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