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| Effects upon future generations due to the irradiation of germ cells in previous generations. |
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| hair loss (also called alopecia) is caused by exposure to radiation since hair follicles are growing tissue. |
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| shedding of the outer layer of the skin occurs at higher radiation doses. Manifests first as moist skin peeling, and then a dry skin flaking may develop. |
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| A special type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in each daughter cell to half the number of chromosomes in the parent cell. |
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| Relative biologic effectiveness (RBE) |
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| describes the comparative capabilities of radiation with differing LETs to produce a particular biologic reaction. |
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| Oxygen Enhancement Ratio (OER) |
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| Oxygen effect refers to the enhancement of the therapeutic or detrimental effect of ionizing radiation due to the presence of oxygen. |
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| Linear energy transfer (LET) |
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| The average energy deposited per unit length of the track. Calculated by dividing the total energy deposited in the medium by the total length of the track. |
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| A classic method of displaying the sensitivity of a particular type of cell to radiation. |
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| Process of locating and identifying the genes in the genome. |
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| The chemical building material for all living things. |
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| The phase of mitosis during which the centromeres are severed and the sister chromatids move apart and are subsequently pulled toward opposite poles of the mitotic spindle. |
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| What all the miniature cellular components present in the cytoplasm of the cell are referred to as |
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| A five-carbon sugar molecule |
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| Functions to assist in the linking of messenger RNA to the ribosome to facilitate protein synthesis |
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| The brief time of cell growth that occurs just before mitosis |
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| Branch of biology concerned with the effects of ionizing radiation on living systems |
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| Injury on the molecular level resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation |
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| Hypothesis that when a vital macromolecule such as DNA is directly or indirectly inactivated by exposure to radiation, the cell will die. |
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| Biologic damage that occurs as a result of ionization of atoms on essential molecules produced by an immediate interaction with incident radiation |
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| a multistage process that first involves the production of reactive free radicals that are created by the interaction of radiation with water (H2O) molecules |
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