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- noun A high
voltage , normally greater than 1,000kilovolts , when used inX-ray radiotherapy
Etymologies
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Examples
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There were “cyclotrons” and “supervoltage rays” and “linear accelerators” and “neutron beams.”
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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There were “cyclotrons” and “supervoltage rays” and “linear accelerators” and “neutron beams.”
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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There were “cyclotrons” and “supervoltage rays” and “linear accelerators” and “neutron beams.”
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Louis has been wheeled into the Radiology Control Room in a wheelchair but now he stands to peer through a thick window into the Treatment Room where Jack Winters lies on the treatment couch under the overhanging eye of a massive supervoltage cobalt 60 machine.
Prayers To Broken Stones Simmons, Dan 1990
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