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millirad (mrad)

[-rad]

a unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to one thousandth (10^-3) of a rad. See also rad.

millirad

(mil´irad´), (mr)
n one-thousandth of a rad. Normal background radiation in this country varies from about 50 to 200 mr per year, depending on geographic location.

millirad

a non-SI unit of dosage of absorbed radiation, 10⁻³ rad; abbreviated mrad. Now replaced by gray.

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