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Roentgen, Wilhelm(medicine)
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roentgen-equivalent physical(medicine)

Roentgen (iou)



Roentgen noun. Also R?ntgen. L19.
[Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845-1923), German physicist, discoverer of X-rays.]
Used attrib. with ref. to Roentgen's work on X-rays. L19.
Roentgen rays Hist. X-rays.
(roentgen.) More fully Roentgen unit. The former unit of exposure to X- or gamma radiation, equal to the quantity of radiation that gives rise to ions carrying a total charge of 2.58104 coulombs per kilogram of air. Abbreviation R. Cf. REM noun1. E20.
Roentgenization noun subjection to X-rays: only in E20.
Roentgenized adjective subjected to X-rays L19-E20.