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irradiate Definition

ir·ra·di·ate (--āt′; for adj., usually, -it)

transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing

  1. to shine or throw light upon; light up; make bright
  2. to make clear; illuminate intellectually; enlighten
  3. to radiate; diffuse; spread; give out
  4. to expose to or treat by exposing to X-rays, ultraviolet rays, radium, or some other form of radiant energy
  5. to heat with radiant energy

Etymology: < L irradiatus, pp. of irradiare, to beam upon, illumine: see in- & radiate

intransitive verb

  1. to emit rays; shine
  2. to become radiant

adjective

lighted up; irradiated

irradiate Related Forms

ir·ra′·dia′·tive adjective ir·ra′·dia′·tor noun

irradiate Synonyms

irradiate

v.

illuminate, lighten, brighten; see light 1.

irradiate Usage Examples

Object

  • gamma: The choice of sterilizing method is material dependent but at least half the prepared tissue scaffolds samples will be gamma irradiated.
  • patient: It has been proved to reduce duration and degree of mucositis in patients irradiated for oral carcinoma.
  • cell: These panels are produced by irradiating a diploid human cell which means that only one genomic panel is required.
  • area: Early side effects Hair loss: You will lose your hair in the area irradiated.
  • sample: At present irradiated graphite properties are based on empirical data obtained on samples irradiated in a material test reactor ( MTR ).
  • component: It is not currently deemed necessary to irradiate blood components for patients with solid tumors, organ transplants, HIV or aplastic anemia.

Preposition: at

  • stage: Platelets can be irradiated at any stage in their storage.
  • level: Phase Two 20 product items are irradiated at each dose level from each of three batches.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: However, at presentation with relapse, she had received 2 units of red cells and 2 units of platelets which were not irradiated.
  • then: Others have used ICS blood, salvaged from the tumor field and then irradiated in more than 300 patients.
  • once: What is not clear is what will happen to the HEU fuel and the ' targets ' once irradiated.
  • heavily: Figure 4: Low loss spectra from the unirradiated SiO 2, heavily irradiated silicon particle and nanoporous silicon.

Preposition: in

reactor: At present irradiated graphite properties are based on empirical data obtained on samples irradiated in a material test reactor ( MTR ).

Preposition: with

  • light: NO 2 is irradiated with light of a particular wavelength in the presence of Xe buffer gas.
  • ion: This was then irradiated with nitrogen ions using a spattering gun.
  • gy: Compare the yields and types of DNA damage produced by X-rays with those of alpha particles in cells irradiated with 1 Gy.
  • radiation: The males are irradiated with gamma radiation in fly factories, which renders them sterile but otherwise leaves them reproductively active.
  • laser: The cluster beam was first irradiated with the IR laser and then probed with the UV laser pulse.
  • dose: Subsequently, the gingival tumors were irradiated with a total dose of 39 Gy, and disappeared completely.

Preposition: for

h: The seedlings irradiated for 2 h produced an average of 5 meristems.