x-irradiation

plural x-irradiations

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of X-irradiation.

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

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

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   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.

   1963, International Congress of Zoology, Proceedings

   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.

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

plural X-irradiations · alternative X irradiation · alternative x-irradiation

1. countableuncountableIrradiation with X-rays.

   Bardeen and Baetjer (1904) used X-irradiation (without stating doses) on Dugesia tigrina (maculata) and D. lugubris.

   2013, H. V. Brøndsted, G. A. Kerkut, Planarian Regeneration, page 199

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   However, it was recently shown that the ability of Escherichia coli (Harrington, 1964, 1966) and of calf thymus (Zimmermann et al., 1964, 1965) DNA's to prime in vitro RNA synthesis is severely depressed by X-irradiations.

   1968, Advances in Genetics, page 196

   The first gene shown to be involved in a cell cycle checkpoint was originally recovered because of its sensitivity to X-irradiation (6).

   1998, Sharyn A. Endow, David M. Glover, Dynamics of Cell Division, page 7