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mil⋅li⋅gram-hour

  [mil-i-gram-ouuhr, -ou-er]
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–noun Radiotherapy.
a unit of measure for a dose of radium expressed as the amount of radiation received by exposure to one milligram of radium for one hour.
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Main Entry: milligram–hour
Variant: or chiefly British milligramme–hour
Function: noun
: a unit in which the therapeutic dosage of radiumis expressed and which consists in exposure to the action of one milligram of radium for one hour
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milligram hour n.
A unit of exposure in radium therapy equal to the application of 1 milligram of radium during 1 hour. Also called milligramage.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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