relative biologic effectiveness (RBE)

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• RBE — Abbreviation used in radiation protection for relative biologic effectiveness; Cf. quality factor, QF. * * * relative biologic effectiveness * * * RBE abbr relative biological effectiveness * * * relative biological effectiveness …   Medical dictionary

• RBE — Relative biologic effectiveness (Eficacia biológica relativa) …   Diccionario de siglas médicas y otras abreviaturas

• RBE — • relative biologic effectiveness …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• effectiveness — 1. A measure of the accuracy or success of a diagnostic or therapeutic technique when carried out in an average clinical environment. Cf.:efficacy. 2. The extent to which a treatment achieves its intended purpose. relative biologic e. (RBE) a …   Medical dictionary

• radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …   Universalium

• sievert — /see veuhrt/, Physics. n. the SI unit of dose equivalent when the absorbed dose is measured in gray. Abbr.: Sv Cf. gray2, rem. [named in honor of Swedish radiologist Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896 1966)] * * * ▪ physics       unit of radiation… …   Universalium

• factor — 1. One of the contributing causes in any action. 2. One of the components that by multiplication makes up a number or expression. 3. SYN: gene. 4. A vitamin or other essential element. 5. An event, characteristic, or other definable entity that …   Medical dictionary

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