radiation absorbed dose
21dose equivalent — Physics. a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the… …
22dose — doser, n. /dohs/, n., v., dosed, dosing. n. 1. a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time. 2. a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, esp. of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose… …
23dose equivalent — /doʊs əˈkwɪvələnt/ (say dohs uh kwivuhluhnt) noun a measure of radiation dose, excluding radiation from normal sources; less fundamental than absorbed dose but more significant in terms of physiological effects; used in measuring radiation in… …
24radiation dose — noun The amount of radiation to which something is exposed. See Also: absorbed dose, equivalent dose, sievert …
25dose rate — noun the quantity of radiation absorbed per unit time • Hypernyms: ↑rate * * * dose rate, the intensity of radiation to which a person or thing is exposed …
26dose equivalent — in radiation biology, the product of absorbed dose in rads and the modifying factors, namely the quality factor (QF), distribution factor (DF), and any other necessary factors. The unit of dose equivalent is the rem …
27Acute radiation syndrome — Classification and external resources A Japanese girl recovering from the effects of radiation sickness ICD 10 T …
28Radiation protection — Radiation protection, sometimes known as radiological protection, is the science of protecting people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionizing radiation, which includes both particle radiation and high energy electromagnetic… …
29Radiation burn — Classification and external resources ICD 9 990 …
30dose — ► NOUN 1) a quantity of a medicine or drug taken at one time. 2) an amount of ionizing radiation received or absorbed at one time. 3) informal a venereal infection. ► VERB ▪ administer a dose to. ● like a dose of salts Cf. ↑ …
