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- noun medicine A very low
dose (especially of radiation therapy)
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Examples
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The Jets agreed to a Nicole Richie treatment on the HBO series "Hard Knocks," and soon we learned that a microdose of Mr. Ryan goes an awfully long way.
Learning to Love Rex for Being Rex Jason Gay 2011
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How do you balance the obvious need for riders to sleep with an awareness that if they [microdose] in the evening, traces will have disappeared by 6am next morning?
SI.com 2010
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The promise of increased efficiency and minimal x-ray dose were enough to convince Dr. Matthew Wallis to choose Sectra Medical Systems five years ago when setting up a digital breast screening program in the UK Since then the promise of a photon-counting mammography system has panned out and Wallis Coventry Breast Screening Services has purchased two more of Sectras microdose Mammography systems.
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The promise of increased efficiency and minimal x-ray dose were enough to convince Dr. Matthew Wallis to choose Sectra Medical Systems five years ago when setting up a digital breast screening program in the UK Since then the promise of a photon-counting mammography system has panned out and Wallis Coventry Breast Screening Services has purchased two more of Sectras microdose Mammography systems.
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The promise of increased efficiency and minimal x-ray dose were enough to convince Dr. Matthew Wallis to choose Sectra Medical Systems five years ago when setting up a digital breast screening program in the UK Since then the promise of a photon-counting mammography system has panned out and Wallis Coventry Breast Screening Services has purchased two more of Sectras microdose Mammography systems.
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The promise of increased efficiency and minimal x-ray dose were enough to convince Dr. Matthew Wallis to choose Sectra Medical Systems five years ago when setting up a digital breast screening program in the UK Since then the promise of a photon-counting mammography system has panned out and Wallis Coventry Breast Screening Services has purchased two more of Sectras microdose Mammography systems.
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That could be leaving a microdose of BPA on your money - one you not only pick up yourself, but also pass on to others when you spend a bill.
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“I think there’s a very strong chance that this is being blown way out of proportion … because it’s a microdose and it was on a rest day and it makes no sense,” said Millar.
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"What makes this study unique among prevention trials is, that we were able to administer a microdose of radio-labeled aflatoxin to assess the actions of the carcinogen directly in people.
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"What makes this study unique among prevention trials is, that we were able to administer a microdose of radio-labeled aflatoxin to assess the actions of the carcinogen directly in people.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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