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Definition of GI series

1. Noun. Diagnostic tests of the alimentary canal; usually involves inserting a contrast medium (such as barium sulfate) and taking an X-ray.

Lexicographical Neighbors of GI Series

Literary usage of GI series

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare: Containing a Complete and Concise Account of by Charles William Sleeman (1889)
"SEATON SCHROEDER, USN (GI series, No. VI. 1887.) " The Development of the Modern ... (GI series, No. V. 1886.) " Notes on Defence by Submarine Mines. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1905)
"Series GI. Series GI at Cone 8. (Cone 8 was only started in this test.) GI-1. This trial shows splendid translucency, a fair surface and good color. ..."

3. New Zealand: Or Ao-teä-roa (The Long Bright World): Its Wealth and Resources by James Cowan (1907)
"Extraordinarily . above the water on gi series of narrow fiord- West Coast. This [he South Island, and is Sound. have lifted from the glorious to sail on ..."

4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"The think, will have most influence is where he gi\ series of cases like that of the whalebone, in w not explain the gradational steps ; but such c weight ..."

5. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Pt. 800-1299, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"... and abdominal scout film for barium enemas and upper GI series. Each x-ray facility should evaluate its procedures, techniques, and equipment and ..."

6. Current Issues in Women's Health by Food and Drug Administration, DIANE Publishing Company, United States (1994)
"... CAT scan—produces x-ray images of cross-sections of body tissues • lower GI series (barium enema)—visualizes the bowel on x-ray to detect abnormal areas ..."

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