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The ICRP Glossary collects ICRP’s definitive explanations of terms for current use. It is a living document, updated regularly. Each entry shows the date it was last updated, and some include past glossary entries to help readers better understand the term in a particular context.
  
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Many ICRP publications have included their own glossaries. The ICRP Glossary includes most of the terms in these other glossaries, many with updated entries. ICRP publications will continue to have their own glossaries when necessary, for example for highly specialized terms relevant to a single publication or helpful for a reader to have close at hand, or when introducing a new term which would also be added to the ICRP Glossary.
  
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Although the ICRP Glossary is not a dictionary, terms already well covered in the Oxford English Dictionary are not included here unless further explanation is needed to understand the way in which these terms are used in ICRP publications.
  
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The ICRP Glossary shown here comprises some 400 terms. Entries for an additional approximately 400 terms are being added progressively.
  
 
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=== <big><span id="A">A</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="A">A</span></big> ===
  
* [[Accelerated fractionation]]
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*[[Absolute risk]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Accelerated fractionation]]
  
* [[Acceptance test]]
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*[[Acceptance test]]
  
* [[Access Control]]
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*[[Access control]]
  
* [[Accountability]]
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*[[Accountability]]
  
 
*[[Action Level]]
 
*[[Action Level]]
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*[[Active (red) bone marrow]]
 
*[[Active (red) bone marrow]]
  
*[[Activity median thermodynamic diameter ]]
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*[[Activity median thermodynamic diameter]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Acute exposure]]
  
*[[Acute Exposure]]
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*Acute radiation sickness (see *[[Acute radiation syndrome]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Acute radiation syndrome]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Adaptive response]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Additive risk projection model]]
  
 
*[[Adventitious]]
 
*[[Adventitious]]
  
*[[Adventitious Source]]
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*[[Adventitious source]]
  
 
*[[Aerodynamic diameter ]]
 
*[[Aerodynamic diameter ]]
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*[[Alpha decay]]
 
*[[Alpha decay]]
 
*[[α/β ratio]]
 
  
 
*[[Alveolar-interstitial region]]
 
*[[Alveolar-interstitial region]]
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*[[Area monitoring]]
 
*[[Area monitoring]]
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 +
*ARS (see [[Acute radiation syndrome]])
 +
 +
*[[Attributable risk]]
  
 
*[[Auger transition]]
 
*[[Auger transition]]
  
*[[Authorised Discharge]]
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*[[Authorised discharge]]
  
 
*[[Authorization]]
 
*[[Authorization]]
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*[[Background dose (rate)]]
 
*[[Background dose (rate)]]
  
*[[Backscatter Factor ]]
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*[[Backscatter factor]]
  
 
*[[Basal cell]]
 
*[[Basal cell]]
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 +
*[[Baseline disease rates]]
 +
 +
*BAT (see [[Best available techniques]])
  
 
*[[Beneficence]]
 
*[[Beneficence]]
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*[[Benthic]]
 
*[[Benthic]]
  
*[[Best Available Techniques]]
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*[[Best available techniques]]
  
 
*[[Beta-minus decay]]
 
*[[Beta-minus decay]]
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*[[Bioassay]]
 
*[[Bioassay]]
 +
 +
*[[Biomarker]]
  
 
*[[Biomedical research volunteer]]
 
*[[Biomedical research volunteer]]
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*[[Cardioverter-defibrillator]]
 
*[[Cardioverter-defibrillator]]
 +
 +
*[[Case–control study]]
  
 
*[[Cell death]]
 
*[[Cell death]]
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*[[Co-expertise]]
 
*[[Co-expertise]]
 +
 +
*[[Cohort study]]
  
 
*[[Colony]]
 
*[[Colony]]
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=== <big><span id="D">D</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="D">D</span></big> ===
 +
 +
*DD (see [[Doubling dose)]])
 +
 +
*DDREF (see [[Dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor)]])
  
 
*[[Decay constant]]
 
*[[Decay constant]]
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*[[Deontological Ethics]]
 
*[[Deontological Ethics]]
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 +
*[[Deterministic effect]]
 +
 +
*Detriment (see [[Radiation detriment]])
 +
 +
*[[Detriment-adjusted risk]]
  
 
*[[Diastasis]]
 
*[[Diastasis]]
 +
 +
*[[Dicentric chromosome]]
  
 
*[[Dichotomous]]
 
*[[Dichotomous]]
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*[[Disposal]]
 
*[[Disposal]]
  
*[[Disposal Facility]]
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*[[Disposal facility]]
  
 
*[[DNA damage signalling]]
 
*[[DNA damage signalling]]
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 +
*[[Dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor)]]
  
 
*[[Dose constraint]]
 
*[[Dose constraint]]
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*[[Dose limit]]
 
*[[Dose limit]]
  
*[[Dose Modifying Factor]]
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*[[Dose modifying factor]]
  
 
*[[Dose per unit intake coefficient]]
 
*[[Dose per unit intake coefficient]]
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*[[Dose rate effectiveness factor]]
 
*[[Dose rate effectiveness factor]]
 +
 +
*[[Dose-threshold hypothesis]]
  
 
*[[Dose-rate effect]]
 
*[[Dose-rate effect]]
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*[[Dose-threshold]]
 
*[[Dose-threshold]]
 +
 +
*[[Doubling dose]]
  
 
=== <big><span id="E">E</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="E">E</span></big> ===
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*[[Effect Dose 50 ]]
 
*[[Effect Dose 50 ]]
 +
 +
*[[Effect modifier]]
  
 
*[[Effective charge number]]
 
*[[Effective charge number]]
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*[[Electrophysiology]]
 
*[[Electrophysiology]]
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 +
*[[Elemental dose]]
 +
 +
*ELR (see *[[Excess lifetime risk]])
  
 
*[[Emergency]]
 
*[[Emergency]]
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*[[Endogeneous excretion]]
 
*[[Endogeneous excretion]]
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 +
*[[Epigenetic effects]]
  
 
*[[Environmental exposure]]
 
*[[Environmental exposure]]
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*[[Ethics]]
 
*[[Ethics]]
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 +
*[[Excess absolute risk]]
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 +
*[[Excess lifetime risk]]
 +
 +
*[[Excess relative risk]]
  
 
*[[Excretion rate (instantaneous)]]
 
*[[Excretion rate (instantaneous)]]
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*[[Exposure, external or internal]]
 
*[[Exposure, external or internal]]
  
*[[Exposure Pathway]]
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*[[Exposure pathway]]
  
 
*[[Exposure situation]]
 
*[[Exposure situation]]
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*[[Gastrointestinal syndrome]]
 
*[[Gastrointestinal syndrome]]
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 +
*[[Genomic integrity]]
  
 
*[[Graded approach]]
 
*[[Graded approach]]
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*[[Heliosphere]]
 
*[[Heliosphere]]
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 +
*[[Hereditary effect]]
  
 
*[[Hierarchical tissues]]
 
*[[Hierarchical tissues]]
  
 
*[[High level waste]]
 
*[[High level waste]]
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 +
*[[Homologous recombination]]
  
 
*[[Hormones]]
 
*[[Hormones]]
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*[[In vivo radiobioassay]]
 
*[[In vivo radiobioassay]]
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*[[Incidence]]
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*Incidence rate (see [[Incidence]])
  
 
*[[Incident]]
 
*[[Incident]]
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*[[Individual-related]]
 
*[[Individual-related]]
  
*[[Informed Consent]]
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*[[Induced genomic instability]]
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 +
*[[Informed consent]]
  
 
*[[Inhalability]]
 
*[[Inhalability]]
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=== <big><span id="L">L</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="L">L</span></big> ===
  
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*[[Late normal tissue responses]]
  
 
*[[Latent time/period or latency interval]]
 
*[[Latent time/period or latency interval]]
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 +
*[[LD 50/30|LD<sub>50/30</sub>]]
 +
 +
*[[Life span study]]
 +
 +
*[[Lifetime risk]]
 +
 +
*[[Lifetime risk estimate]]
  
 
*[[Limitation of dose]]
 
*[[Limitation of dose]]
  
 
*[[Lineal energy]]
 
*[[Lineal energy]]
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 +
*[[Linear dose response]]
  
 
*[[Linear-non-threshold model]]
 
*[[Linear-non-threshold model]]
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*[[Linear-quadratic dose response]]
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 +
*LLE (see [[Loss of Life Expectancy]])
 +
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*[[Loss of Life Expectancy]]
  
 
*[[Low Earth orbit]]
 
*[[Low Earth orbit]]
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*[[Low dose]]
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 +
*[[Low dose rate]]
  
 
*[[Low level waste]]
 
*[[Low level waste]]
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*LSS (see [[Life span study]])
  
 
*[[Lymphatic system]]
 
*[[Lymphatic system]]
  
 
=== <big><span id="M">M</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="M">M</span></big> ===
 
  
 
*[[Macrophage colony stimulating factor]]
 
*[[Macrophage colony stimulating factor]]
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*[[Mitigation]]
 
*[[Mitigation]]
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 +
*[[Multiplicative risk projection model]]
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*[[Multistage carcinogenesis model]]
  
 
*[[Multistage tumorigenesis]]
 
*[[Multistage tumorigenesis]]
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*[[Mutation component]]
  
 
*[[Myocardial perfusion]]
 
*[[Myocardial perfusion]]
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*[[Neurovascular syndrome]]
 
*[[Neurovascular syndrome]]
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*NHEJ (see [[Non-homologous end joining]])
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 +
*[[Nominal risk coefficient]]
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*[[Non-homologous end joining]]
  
 
*[[Non-maleficence]]
 
*[[Non-maleficence]]
  
 
*[[Non-sphericity parameter]]
 
*[[Non-sphericity parameter]]
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 +
*[[Non-targeted effects]]
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 +
*[[Normal tissue complication probability]]
  
 
*[[Nuclear track detectors]]
 
*[[Nuclear track detectors]]
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=== <big><span id="O">O</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="O">O</span></big> ===
  
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*[[Occupational exposure]]
  
*[[Occupational exposure]]
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*[[Oncogene]]
  
 
*[[Optimisation]]
 
*[[Optimisation]]
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*[[Platelet-derived growth factor]]
 
*[[Platelet-derived growth factor]]
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 +
*PLDR (see [[Potentially lethal damage repair]])
 +
 +
*[[Pooled analysis]]
 +
 +
*[[Population risk]]
  
 
*[[Potential exposure]]
 
*[[Potential exposure]]
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*[[Potentially lethal damage repair]]
  
 
*[[Practical radiological protection culture]]
 
*[[Practical radiological protection culture]]
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=== <big><span id="Q">Q</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="Q">Q</span></big> ===
  
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*[[Qualified expert]]
  
*[[Qualified expert]]
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*[[Quasi-threshold dose]]
  
 
=== <big><span id="R">R</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="R">R</span></big> ===
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*[[Radiation modifier]]
 
*[[Radiation modifier]]
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*[[Radiation risk]]
  
 
*[[Radiation safety officer]]
 
*[[Radiation safety officer]]
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*[[Radiographer]]
 
*[[Radiographer]]
  
*[[Radiological Controlled Area]]
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*[[Radiological controlled area]]
  
 
*[[Radiological protection principles]]
 
*[[Radiological protection principles]]
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*[[Radiosensitivity, cellular]]
 
*[[Radiosensitivity, cellular]]
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*RAP (see [[Reference Animal and Plant]])
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*RBE (see [[Relative biological effectiveness]])
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*[[Reactive oxygen species]]
  
 
*[[Reasonableness]]
 
*[[Reasonableness]]
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*[[Recovery responder]]
 
*[[Recovery responder]]
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*[[Recovery (cellular or tissue)]]
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*[[Reference Animal and Plant]]
  
 
*[[Reference bioassay function]]
 
*[[Reference bioassay function]]
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*[[Reference level]]
 
*[[Reference level]]
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*REID (see [[Risk of exposure-induced death]])
  
 
*[[Rehabilitation of living conditions]]
 
*[[Rehabilitation of living conditions]]
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*[[Relative biological effectiveness]]
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*[[Relative life lost]]
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 +
*[[Relative risk]]
  
 
*[[Relocation]]
 
*[[Relocation]]
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*[[Rigidity]]
 
*[[Rigidity]]
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 +
*[[Ring chromosome]]
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*[[Risk]]
 +
 +
*[[Risk coefficient]]
 +
 +
*[[Risk model]]
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*[[Risk of exposure-induced death]]
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*ROS (see [[Reactive oxygen species]])
  
 
*[[Routine monitoring]]
 
*[[Routine monitoring]]
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*RR (see [[Relative risk]])
  
 
=== <big><span id="S">S</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="S">S</span></big> ===
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*[[Senescence]]
 
*[[Senescence]]
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*[[Severe deterministic injury]]
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*SLDR (see [[Sublethal damage repair]])
  
 
*[[Slow repair]]
 
*[[Slow repair]]
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*[[Solar wind]]
 
*[[Solar wind]]
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*[[Somatic effect]]
  
 
*[[Source term]]
 
*[[Source term]]
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*[[Stenosis]]
 
*[[Stenosis]]
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 +
*[[Stochastic effect]]
  
 
*[[Storage]]
 
*[[Storage]]
  
 
*[[Subcutaneous tissue]]
 
*[[Subcutaneous tissue]]
 +
 +
*[[Sublethal damage repair]]
  
 
*[[Substantial radiation dose level]]
 
*[[Substantial radiation dose level]]
  
*[[Supervised Area]]
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*[[Supervised area]]
  
 
*[[Systemic model]]
 
*[[Systemic model]]
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*[[Target tissue]]
 
*[[Target tissue]]
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 +
*[[Targeted effects]]
  
 
*[[Telangiectasia]]
 
*[[Telangiectasia]]
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*[[Tissue equivalent material]]
 
*[[Tissue equivalent material]]
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*[[Tissue reaction]]
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 +
*[[Tissue weighting factor]]
  
 
*[[Tolerability]]
 
*[[Tolerability]]
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*[[Transfer compartment]]
 
*[[Transfer compartment]]
 +
 +
*[[Transfer of risk]]
  
 
*[[Transfer rate]]
 
*[[Transfer rate]]
  
 
*[[Transforming growth factor]]
 
*[[Transforming growth factor]]
 +
 +
*[[Transgenerational effect]]
 +
 +
*[[Translocation]]
  
 
*[[Transparency]]
 
*[[Transparency]]
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 +
*Transport of risk (see [[Transfer of risk]])
 +
 +
*[[Tumour suppressor gene]]
  
 
*[[Trapped particles]]
 
*[[Trapped particles]]
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=== <big><span id="U">U</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="U">U</span></big> ===
 
  
 
*[[Unsealed source]]
 
*[[Unsealed source]]
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=== <big><span id="V">V</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="V">V</span></big> ===
 
  
 
*[[Value judgement]]
 
*[[Value judgement]]
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*[[Wisdom]]
 
*[[Wisdom]]
 +
 +
*w<sub>T</sub> (see [[Tissue weighting factor]])
 +
 +
*w<sub>R</sub> (see [[Radiation weighting factor]])
  
 
=== <big><span id="X">X</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="X">X</span></big> ===
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=== <big><span id="Z">Z</span></big> ===
 
=== <big><span id="Z">Z</span></big> ===
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=== <big><span id="ZZ">...</span></big> ===
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*[[α/β value]]
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*α/β ratio (see [[α/β value]])
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*[[γH2AX foci]]
  
 
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The ICRP Glossary collects ICRP’s definitive explanations of terms for current use. It is a living document, updated regularly. Each entry shows the date it was last updated, and some include past glossary entries to help readers better understand the term in a particular context.

Many ICRP publications have included their own glossaries. The ICRP Glossary includes most of the terms in these other glossaries, many with updated entries. ICRP publications will continue to have their own glossaries when necessary, for example for highly specialized terms relevant to a single publication or helpful for a reader to have close at hand, or when introducing a new term which would also be added to the ICRP Glossary.

Although the ICRP Glossary is not a dictionary, terms already well covered in the Oxford English Dictionary are not included here unless further explanation is needed to understand the way in which these terms are used in ICRP publications.

The ICRP Glossary shown here comprises some 400 terms. Entries for an additional approximately 400 terms are being added progressively.


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