atomic medicine

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• atomic heat — n the heat capacity per gram atomic weight of any element: the specific heat in calories per degree per gram multiplied by the atomic weight compare MOLECULAR HEAT * * * the product of the atomic weight of an element and its specific heat …   Medical dictionary

• atomic mass — n the mass of an atom usu. expressed in atomic mass units also ATOMIC WEIGHT compare MASS NUMBER * * * atomic weight; used particularly when describing a single isotope of a nuclide …   Medical dictionary

• atomic weight — n the mass of one atom of an element specif the average mass of an atom of an element as it occurs in nature that is expressed in atomic mass units see ELEMENT (table) * * * the sum of the masses of the constituents of an atom, either that of a… …   Medical dictionary

• atomic force microscope — n an instrument used for mapping the atomic scale topography of a surface by means of the repulsive electronic forces between the surface and the tip of a microscopic probe moving above the surface abbr. AFM …   Medical dictionary

• atomic force microscopy — n the art or process of using an atomic force microscope abbr. AFM …   Medical dictionary

• atomic hypothesis — n ATOMIC THEORY (1) …   Medical dictionary

• atomic mass unit — n a unit of mass for expressing masses of atoms, molecules, or nuclear particles equal to 1/12 the mass of a single atom of the most abundant carbon isotope 12C called also dalton * * * (u) (amu) the unit mass equal to the mass of the nuclide of… …   Medical dictionary

• atomic number — atomic num·ber nəm bər n an experimentally determined number characteristic of a chemical element that represents the number of protons in the nucleus which in a neutral atom equals the number of electrons outside the nucleus and that determines… …   Medical dictionary

• atomic theory — n 1) a theory of the nature of matter: all material substances are composed of minute particles or atoms of a comparatively small number of kinds and all the atoms of the same kind are uniform in size, weight, and other properties called also… …   Medical dictionary

• atomic cocktail — atomic cock·tail käk .tāl n a radioactive substance (as iodide of sodium) dissolved in water and administered orally to patients with cancer …   Medical dictionary

• atomic energy — n energy that can be liberated by changes in the nucleus of an atom (as by fission of a heavy nucleus or fusion of light nuclei into heavier ones with accompanying loss of mass) * * * energy that can be liberated by changes in the nucleus of an… …   Medical dictionary