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Dose, absorbed (health) and yac (medicine)


Dose, absorbed (health)


In radiology, the absorbed dose is the amount of energy that is deposited in any material by ionizing radiation. The unit of absorbed dose, the rad, is a measure of energy absorbed per gram of material. An alternative unit of absorbed dose is the gray. One gray equals 100 rads.





yac (medicine)


YAC -->
yeast artificial chromosome
<molecular biology> A vector system that allows extremely large segments of DNA to be cloned.

Useful in chromosome mapping, contiguous yeast artificial chromosomes covering the whole Drosophila genome and certain human chromosomes are available.

Acronym: YAC