an instrument for measuring the dose of X-rays or other radiation absorbed by matter or the intensity of a source of radiation
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do•sim•e•ter
(dō sim′i tər),USA pronunciation n.
- Physicsa device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.
- Greek dósi(s) dose + -meter
- 1880–85
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