strontium unit

noun

A unit of radioactivity from strontium-90 in a person's body, equal to one picocurie from strontium-90 per gram of calcium (37 becquerels per kilogram) in the subject's skeleton.

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Meanings

nounstrontium unit (plural strontium units)

plural strontium units

  1. A unit of radioactivity from strontium-90 in a person's body, equal to one picocurie from strontium-90 per gram of calcium (37 becquerels per kilogram) in the subject's skeleton.

    Synonyms: sunshine unit

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA unit of radioactivity from strontium-90 in a person's body, equal to one picocurie from strontium-90 per gram of calcium (37 becquerels per kilogram) in the subject's skeleton.

Similar
sunshine unit
Also see
sunshine unit
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