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dosimetry

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dosimetry /do·sim·e·try/ (do-sim´e-tre) scientific determination of amount, rate, and distribution of radiation emitted from a source of ionizing radiation, in biological d. measuring the radiation-induced changes in a body or organism, and in physical d. measuring the levels of radiation directly with instruments.
do·sim·e·try (d-sm-tr)
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The accurate measurement of doses, especially of radiation.
dosimetry (dōsim´etrē),
n the accurate and systematic determination of the amount of radiation to which an animal or person has been exposed during a given period.
dosimetry
scientific determination of amount, rate and distribution of radiation emitted from a source of ionizing radiation.
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