irradiator

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English

Etymology

From irradiate +‎ -or.

Noun

irradiator (plural irradiators)

  1. A device used to irradiate.
    • 2001 September 28, S. M. Bailey et al., “Strand-Specific Postreplicative Processing of Mammalian Telomeres”, in Science, volume 293, number 5539, →DOI, pages 2462–2465:
      Slides were then exposed to 365-nm ultraviolet (UV) light (Stratalinker 1800 UV irradiator) for 25 to 30 min.
    • 1997 November 14, Diana Finzi et al., “Identification of a Reservoir for HIV-1 in Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy”, in Science, volume 278, number 5341, →DOI, pages 1295–1300:
      These PBMCs were inactivated by irradiation with 5000 roentgens in a cesium source irradiator and then washed twice.

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