absorbance
(ăb-sor′băns)
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1. In health care, the ability of a material or a tissue to absorb electromagnetic radiation, esp. ionizing radiation.
2. In chemistry, the negative logarithm of the transmittance of radiation through a substance or solution.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Absorbance." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733473/all/absorbance.
Absorbance. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733473/all/absorbance. Accessed November 5, 2024.
Absorbance. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733473/all/absorbance
Absorbance [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733473/all/absorbance.
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