loading...| Preferred Name |
Rad |
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| Synonyms |
Radiation Absorbed Dose radiation absorbed dose RAD Rad rad |
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| Definitions |
A unit of radiation absorbed dose equal to the amount of energy from any type of ionizing radiation (e.g., alpha, beta, gamma, neutrons, etc.) deposited in any medium (e.g., water, tissue, air). A dose of one rad means the absorption of 100 ergs per gram of absorbing tissue (100 rad = 1 gray). (The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC). |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C18064 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
The special unit for absorbed radiation dose, which is the amount of energy from any type of ionizing radiation (e.g., alpha, beta, gamma, neutrons, etc.) deposited in any medium (e.g., water, tissue, air). A dose of one rad means the absorption of 100 ergs per gram of absorbing tissue. One rad is equal to 0.01 gray.(NCI) |
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| code |
C18064 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C71620 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C67567 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CDISC HL7 UCUM |
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| DEFINITION |
A unit of radiation absorbed dose equal to the amount of energy from any type of ionizing radiation (e.g., alpha, beta, gamma, neutrons, etc.) deposited in any medium (e.g., water, tissue, air). A dose of one rad means the absorption of 100 ergs per gram of absorbing tissue (100 rad = 1 gray). (The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC). |
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| FULL_SYN |
Radiation Absorbed Dose radiation absorbed dose RAD Rad rad |
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| label |
Rad |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Rad |
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| Preferred_Name |
Rad |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C18064 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Quantitative Concept |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0556643 |
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| subClassOf |