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EXTERNAL RADIATION

Specialty Definition: EXTERNAL RADIATION

DomainDefinition

Energy

Exposure to ionizing radiation when the radiation source is located outside the body. (references)

Health

Radiation therapy that uses a machine to aim high-energy rays at the cancer. Also called external-beam radiation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: EXTERNAL RADIATION

Specialty definitions using "EXTERNAL RADIATION": external-beam radiationstereotaxis. (references)

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Commercial Usage: EXTERNAL RADIATION

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Books

  • Care of the Client Receiving External Radiation Therapy (reference)

  • Determination of Dose Equivalents from External Radiation Sources (Icru Report 43) (reference)

  • Examination and Testing of Portable Radiation Instruments for External Radiation (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: EXTERNAL RADIATION

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Health

Your doctor may suggest using both internal and external radiation therapy. (references)

External radiation comes from a machine that aims the rays at a specific area of the body. Most often, this treatment is given on an outpatient basis in a hospital or clinic. (references)

With external radiation, there may be permanent darkening or "bronzing" of the skin in the treated area. In addition, it is common to have temporary hair loss in the treated area and for the skin to become red, dry, tender, and itchy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: EXTERNAL RADIATION

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

beam external radiation therapy

8

beam external radiation

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: EXTERNAL RADIATION

Language Translations for "EXTERNAL RADIATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ekstern straaling fra kulstof-14 (external radiation from carbon-14), strømmen af ekstern stråling (external radiation level). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

extern stralingsniveau (external radiation level), uitwendige straling van koolstof-14 (external radiation from carbon-14). (various references)

   

French

  

rayonnement externe du carbone 14 (external radiation from carbon-14), flux de rayonnement externe (external radiation level). (various references)

   

German

  

externe Strahlung von Kohlenstoff 14 (external radiation from carbon-14), aüßeres Strahlenniveau (external radiation level). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εξωτερική ακτινοβόληση από άνθρακα-14 (external radiation from carbon-14). (various references)

   

Italian

  

irraggiamento esterno del carbonio-14 (external radiation from carbon-14), flusso di radiazioni esterne (external radiation level). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

externalay adiationray

   

Portuguese

  

fluxo de radiação externa (external radiation level). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

exposición exterior del carbono 14 (external radiation from carbon-14). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: EXTERNAL RADIATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-e-i-i-l-n-n-o-r-r-t-t-x"

-4 letters: interrelation.

-5 letters: antirational.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EXTERNAL RADIATION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 58 54 45 52 4E 41 4C      52 41 44 49 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01011000 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001110 01000001 01001100 00100000 01010010 01000001 01000100 01001001 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#88 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#78 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#82 &#65 &#68 &#73 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0058 0054 0045 0052 004E 0041 004C      0052 0041 0044 0049 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39585439524835462523538433554434948

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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