Definition of "x-raying" []

• Obtaining images by the use of X rays (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "While I echo the sentiments of Pat and others, I must say that using “intelligence” to screen more people named “Umar” from abroad is a significantly better plan than x-raying* all of our crotches, breasts, and love-handles."
• "So contrary were her findings to what everyone was sure of that doctors went right on x-raying pregnant women."
• "Stewart hung in there, proving her case, but it took until the 1980s before doctors stopped x-raying pregnant women, all the while "experts" were reassuring us that the technology was safe."