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91Radiation oncologist — A radiation oncologist is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of cancer patients, using radiation as the main modality of treatment. Radiation can be given as a curative modality, either alone or in combination with surgery and/or… …
92Radiation pneumonitis — Inflammation of the lungs as a result of radiation. Although the radiation can be from various sources including accidents, today it is usually from radiation therapy. Radiation pneumonitis typically occurs after radiation treatments for cancers… …
93Radiation Laboratory — Ernest Lawrence s laboratory at University of California Berkeley, now known as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, also was known as the Radiation Laboratory. Presently, there are a number of research laboratories with this name, including… …
94Radiation Safety Officer — In the United States, the person within an organization responsible for the safe use of radiation and radioactive materials as well as regulatory compliance. An organization licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to use radioactive… …
95Radiation fibrosis — Scarring of the lungs from radiation. Radiation fibrosis is a sequel of radiation pneumonitis (inflammation of the lungs due to radiation), as from radiation therapy. Radiation pneumonitis typically occurs after radiation treatments for cancer… …
96radiation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ background ▪ low level ▪ damaging, harmful ▪ electromagnetic, gravitational, microwave, n …
97Radiation implosion — The term radiation implosion describes the process behind a class of devices which use high levels of electromagnetic radiation to compress a target. The major use for this technology is in fusion bombs and inertial confinement fusion research.… …
98Radiation proctitis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Endoscopic image of radiation proctitis before and after therapy with argon plasma coagulation. DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|K|62|7|k|55 ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic =… …
99radiation — 01. Some of the people who died in Hiroshima were killed by [radiation], rather than the actual bomb blast. 02. Workers at the nuclear power plant were exposed to [radiation] during the leak. 03. [Radiation] spread throughout large parts of… …
100radiation pressure — Physics. the pressure exerted on a surface by electromagnetic radiation or by sound waves. [1900 05] * * * Pressure on a surface resulting from electromagnetic radiation that impinges on it. The pressure is a result of the momentum carried by the …
