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What does lucency mean?

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  1. The quality of being lucent.
  2. (medicine) A pale area revealed in radiography, computed tomography, or similar examination technique.
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In addition, a transverse cortical lucency, or thin black line, may be present in the region of the periosteal thickening and indicates an incomplete fracture.
Stage III is a non-displaced fragment with lucency underneath, while stage IV indicates displacement of the fragment.
In form, proportion and lucency, the winter garden is a really pleasing space.
Body pale yellow to lucency, including antennal segment I, the other segments yellow to pale brown.
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