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Descriptor
English
:
Radiation
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Radiación
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Radiação
Synonyms
English
:
Radiations
Tree Number:
G01.750
SP4.102.072.092.693.050.384.075
SP8.473.654.412.062.116
Definition
English
:
Emission or propagation of
acoustic
waves (SOUND), ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY waves (such as LIGHT;
RADIO WAVES
;
GAMMA RAYS
; or
X-RAYS
), or a stream of subatomic particles (such as
ELECTRONS
;
NEUTRONS
;
PROTONS
; or
ALPHA PARTICLES
).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; harmful effects of
radiation
=
RADIATION INJURIES
or specifics; diagnostic use of
radiation
: consider
RADIOGRAPHY
or
RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING
Entry Combination - descr/qualif
English
:
Radiation
/
therapeutic use
use
Radiotherapy
See Related
English
:
Nuclear Warfare
Radioactivity
History Note
English
:
RADIATION IMMUNOLOGY was heading 1964-66
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
Record Number:
12266
Unique Identifier:
D011827
Occurrence in VHL
:
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