linac

noun

lin·​ac ˈli-ˌnak How to pronounce linac (audio)

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The Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for instance, got a linac in 2018, but when the National Academies prepared its 2021 report, the device still had not been commissioned. Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2022 Pomper is part of a collaborative group that intends to fix such situations by building a less complicated, expensive or breakable modular linac. Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2022 As part of a worldwide consortium of leading cancer centers, our data is being analyzed to see how MR-linac may help improve outcomes for cancer patients through better tumor imaging and more accurate radiation therapy delivery. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of linac was in 1950

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“Linac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linac. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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