| absorbent |
shredded paper, sawdust, and other materials that have the power to absorb.
Ãâó: www.wef.org/publicinfo/NewsRoom/wastewater_glossar...
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| absorbent |
This is a term for substances with the ability to attract dissolved or finely dispersed substances from another medium.
Ãâó: www.cedarvale.net/information/medicalterms.htm
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| absorb |
Take up fluids, take in.
Ãâó: www.gulflink.osd.mil/medsearch/glossary/glossary_a...
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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).
Ãâó: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020...
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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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