overpenetration

English

Etymology

over- +‎ penetration

Noun

overpenetration (uncountable)

  1. excessive penetration
    • 2015 July 13, Seth Rummel et al., “Tumour location within the breast: Does tumour site have prognostic ability?”, in ecancermedicalscience‎, volume 9, DOI:10.3332/ecancer.2015.552:
      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.
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