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relative biological effectiveness

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A measure of the capacity of a specific ionizing radiation to produce a specific biological effect, expressed relative to a reference radiation, such as radium gamma rays or 200-volt x-rays.

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