of or denoting the toxic effects of radiation or radioactive substances
radiotoxic in American English
(ˌreidiouˈtɑksɪk)
adjective
Pathology
causing radiation sickness
Word origin
[1945–50; radio- + toxic]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: beeper, ergative, fail-safe, on-line, poison pillradio- is a combining form with the meanings “dealing with radiant energy” (radiometer), “employing or dealing with radio waves” (radioacoustics; radiolocation; radiotelephone), “emitting rays as a result of the breakup of atomic nuclei” (radioactive; radiocarbon), “characterized by, employing or dealing with such rays” (radiography; radiopaque; radiotherapy)
Examples of 'radiotoxic' in a sentence
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Recently, researchers have planned different incineration scenarios for the highly radiotoxic elements of nuclear waste in critical reactors.
Zohreh Gholamzadeh, Seyed Mohammad Mirvakili, Hossein Khalafi 2015, 'Neutronics investigation of CANada Deuterium Uranium 6 reactor fueled (transuranic–Th)O2 using a computational method', Nuclear Engineering and Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573314000060. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The significant quantities of highly radiotoxic long-lived nuclear waste necessitate the research of methods of their transmutation to short-lived ones.
Zhivkov Petar, Stoyanov Chavdar, Furman Walter 2018, 'Accelerator driven system for transmutation and energy production', EPJ Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201819408002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)