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- 14:24, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+154) N Bioturbation (Created page with "The mixing of sediment or soil by organisms, especially by burrowing or boring. (ICRP Publication 114, 2009) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 14:23, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+156) N Benthic (Created page with "Pertaining to the fauna and flora at the bottom of the sea, lake, river or stream (ICRP Publication 124, 2014) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 14:22, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+174) N Authorized limit (Created page with "A value of a quantity used for specific activities or circumstances, laid down by a competent authority that should not be exceeded. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 14:22, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+150) N Authorization (Created page with "Official permission from a regulatory body or other competent authority to carry out specified activities. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 14:22, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+139) N Area monitoring (Created page with "A type of monitoring in which measurements are made at points of interest within a specific area. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 14:21, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+350) N Acceptance test (Created page with "A test carried out after new equipment has been installed or major modifications have been made to existing equipment, in order to verify compliance with the manufacturer’s...")
- 14:16, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+37) ICRP Glossary
- 14:13, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-26) ICRP Glossary
- 14:13, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+433) N Thyroid blocking (Created page with "Administration of a compound of stable iodine (usually potassium iodide) to prevent or reduce the unwanted uptake of radioactive isotopes of iodine by the thyroid in the event...")
- 14:10, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+367) N Telangiectasia (Created page with "Pathologically dilated capillaries and very small arteries which can be observed as a late complication in irradiated tissues and organs. It is also associated with certain co...")
- 14:09, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+255) N Tachycardia (Created page with "A heart rate that exceeds the normal resting rate. In general, a resting heart rate over 100 beats per minute in adults. Tachycardias may or may not require treatment. (Adapte...")
- 14:02, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+201) N Stenosis (Created page with "Narrowing of a hollow structure such as the artery, vessel, alimentary tract, bile duct, ureter and spinal canal. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 120, 2012) ''ICRP Glos...")
- 14:01, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-18) ICRP Glossary
- 14:01, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+193) N Scintigraphy (Created page with "Nuclear medicine imaging procedure using a gamma camera to obtain images of the radioactive tracer distribution in the body. Also, known as gamma scan. ''ICRP Glossary e...")
- 14:00, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1) Radiofrequency ablation
- 13:59, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+539) N Radiofrequency ablation (Created page with "A procedure using radiofrequency to destroy tissue. In cardiology, one or more catheters are guided via fluoroscopy to the heart muscle, and a burst of radiofrequency energy d...")
- 13:53, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+462) N Patient entrance reference point (Created page with "The position at which the cumulative air kerma for interventional x-ray equipment is measured in order to reasonably represent the air kerma incident on the patient’s skin s...")
- 13:51, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+205) N Edema (Created page with "Abnormal interstitial accumulation of fluid; for example, pulmonary oedema refers to a build up of fluid in the lungs. (Adapted from ICRPPublication 118, 2012) ''ICRP...")
- 13:51, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1) ICRP Glossary
- 13:42, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+242) N Multistage tumorigenesis (Created page with "Stepwise transformation of cells resulting from the accumulation of multiple mutations that lead to the development of tumour from a single (target) cell. (Adapted from ICRP...")
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