See Also:

Bantu (iou) and AP, X-ray (health)


Bantu (iou)



Bantu adjective & noun. [ban'tu:, 'bantu:] M19.
[In certain Bantu langs., pl. of -ntu person.]
(Designating, of or pertaining to) a group of Niger-Congo Languages spoken extensively in equatorial and southern Africa. Also (now racially offensive), (of or pertaining to, a member of) the family of peoples speaking these Languages.
Bantustan [-'st¨»:n, -'stan] noun (S. Afr. colloq.) [-stan as in Hindustan etc.] Hist. an area reserved for members of a particular ethnic or linguistic group M20.

AP, X-ray (health)


An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from front-to-back (anteroposterior). As opposed to a PA (posteroanterior) Film in which the rays pass through the body from back-to-front.