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The amount of radiation energy absorbed, especially by human tissue; measured in rads.
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| absorbed dose |
means the energy imparted by ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material. The units of absorbed dose are the rad and the gray (Gy).
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| absorbed dose |
In exposure assessment, the amount of a substance that penetrates an exposed organism's absorption barriers (eg skin, lung tissue, gastrointestinal tract) through physical or biological processes. The term is synonymous with internal dose.
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| absorbed dose |
The amount of energy absorbed in any material from incident radiation.
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| absorbed dose |
a quantity of ionising radiation expressed as the amount of energy imparted to a unit mass of matter such as body tissue. It used to be measured in rads and is now measured in grays (Americans still use rads)
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