x-irradiation

English

Noun

x-irradiation (countable and uncountable, plural x-irradiations)

1. Alternative form of X-irradiation
   • 1963, International Congress of Zoology, Proceedings:

     Administration of olive oil within an hour after whole-body x-irradiation of male mice at a dose of 625 r (LD50 (30)) significantly increases the survival rate when compared with the x-irradiated untreated mice.

   • 2006, Juan C. Samper, Jonathan Pycock, Angus O. McKinnon, Current Therapy in Equine Reproduction, page 380:

     In a subsequent breeding trial, they bred three groups of 8 mares with semen from one stallion that had been exposed to x-irradiation doses of 0, 1.0, or 10.0 μSv; an entire ejaculate was irradiated and inseminated into each mare once during estrus within 48 hours before ovulation.

   • 2012, Elizabeth K. Weisburger, Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, page 61:

     In laboratory rats also, intensive, localized x-irradiation of the bowel have been reported to induce intestinal carcinomas (37).