irradiator

irradiator

English

Etymology

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:10.1126/science.1062560, 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:10.1126/science.278.5341.1295, pages 1295-1300:

     These PBMCs were inactivated by irradiation with 5000 roentgens in a cesium source irradiator and then washed twice.

See also

• radiationist