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- noun medicine A
voltage of about 300 to 500 kilovolts, when used inradiation therapy
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From ortho- + voltage
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In RT the success of eradicating tumor depends on radio sensitivity of tumor as well as tolerance of surrounding normal tissue NTT limits the max. dose that can be delivered to tumor During early years of RT with orthovoltage skin was a limiting factor.
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