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Thorotrast

suspension containing particles of the radioactive compound thorium dioxide, that was used as a radiocontrast agent in medical radiography in the 1930s and 1940s
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Thorotrast

Summary

Thorotrast is a contrast agent[1]. Thorotrast draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (contrast_agent category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thorotrast's image is recorded as Thorotrast.jpg[3].
  • Thorotrast's instance of is recorded as contrast agent[4].
  • Thorotrast's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0358v1[5].
  • Thorotrast's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780353417[6].
  • Thorotrast's Lex ID is recorded as thorotrast[7].
  • Thorotrast's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780353417[8].

Why It Matters

Thorotrast draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (contrast_agent category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Thorotrast has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] Thorotrast is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Thorotrast. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/thorotrast
MLA “Thorotrast.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/thorotrast.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_thorotrast_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Thorotrast}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/thorotrast}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Thorotrast — https://4ort.xyz/entity/thorotrast (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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