radioactivity unit

radioactivity unit
noun
a measure of radioactivity
Hypernyms: ↑electromagnetic unit, ↑emu
Hyponyms:
millicurie, ↑curie, ↑Ci, ↑gray, ↑Gy, ↑roentgen, ↑R, ↑rutherford, ↑REM, ↑rad

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