| Curie |
A measure of the amount of radioactivity in a material. One Curie is 37 billion atoms undergoing radioactive decay each second.
Ãâó: www.cdc.gov/niosh/2001-133o.html
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| curvature |
A bend that may be present in a particular body structure, eg, the spine.
Ãâó: www.spinalnet.co.uk/EEndCom/GBCON/homepage.nsf/0/7...
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| current |
The flow of charge carriers (holes or electrons) through a conducting wire or crystal.
Ãâó: www.pbs.org/transistor/glossary.html
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| curvature |
the deviation of an object or of space or of spacetime from a flat form and therefore from the rules of geometry codified by Euclid.
Ãâó: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/glossary.html
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| curettage |
The use of a curettage, a spoon-shaped instrument, designed to scrape tissue from a cavity. Uterine curettage means scraping to remove the contents of the lining of the uterus.
Ãâó: www.pbs.org/secondopinion/episodes/cervicalcancera...
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