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Dose, absorbed
In radiology, the absorbed dose is the amount of energy that is deposited in any material by ionizing radiation. The unit of absorbed dose, the rad, is a measure of energy absorbed per gram of material. An alternative unit of absorbed dose…
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- Bone scan A technique to create images of bones on a computer screen or on film. A small amount of radioactive material…
- Lymphatic edema See: Lymphedema>
- Postulates, Koch's In 1890 the German physician and bacteriologist Robert Koch set out his celebrated criteria for judging…
- Microbicide An agent that kills microbes, minute forms of life (e.g. bacteria, fungi, and protozoal parasites), some…
- FET1 See: ETM1
- Leukemia, acute lymphocytic Abbreviated AML. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). A quickly…
- ErbB1 See: EGFR
- Mesenteric artery One of the arteries which arises from the abdominal portion of the aorta and distributes blood to most of the…
- Buschke disease See: Scleredema
- Nurse 1) A person trained, licensed, or skilled in nursing. 2) To feed an infant at the breast