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- 17:48, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+131) N Progenitor cell (Created page with "Undifferentiated cell capable of limited proliferation. (ICRP Publication 103, 2007) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 17:48, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+286) N Platelet-derived growth factor (Created page with "A protein that induces growth and division of fibroblasts and is involved inblood vessel formation and wound healing. It also acts on some epithelial and endothelial cells and...")
- 17:47, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+178) N Pharynx (Created page with "Medical term for the throat from the nasal and oral cavities above to the larynx and oesophagus below. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 17:47, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-37) ICRP Glossary (→P)
- 17:46, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+329) N Pericarditis (Created page with "Inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane that surrounds the heart, frequently attributable to viral infections but in most cases, the cause of pericarditis is unknown. Pe...")
- 17:46, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+476) N Percutaneous coronary intervention (Created page with "Percutaneous coronary intervention encompasses a variety of procedures used to treat patients with diseased coronary arteries. A catheter is advanced into the diseased artery,...")
- 17:45, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+495) N Nuclear track detectors (Created page with "Detectors where the tracks of passing charged particles can subsequently be made visible by suitable chemical treatment and viewed microscopically. These passive detectors are...")
- 17:44, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+504) N Neurovascular syndrome (Created page with "Total-body exposures in the range of 50 Gy and more induce this syndrome within 1–72 h, leading to death within a few days. Some symptoms may occur as low as 20 Gy. Early sy...")
- 17:43, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+305) N Neurological syndrome (Created page with "The signs and symptoms of damage to the central nervous system within 48 hours related to an acute exposure to ionising radiation with a threshold of about > 50 Gy noting that...")
- 17:42, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+226) N Necrosis (Created page with "Cell death associated with loss of cellular membrane integrity. Occurs in anoxic areas of tumours and is also a cause of cell death after irradiation. ([[ICRP Publication 118]...")
- 17:41, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-23) ICRP Glossary (→N)
- 17:41, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+296) N Myocardial perfusion (Created page with "Blood flow to the heart muscle. Perfusion malfunctions may arisefrom coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, hypertrophiccardiomyopathy and wall motion abnormalities....")
- 17:40, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-28) ICRP Glossary (→M)
- 17:39, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+164) N Macrophage colony stimulating factor (Created page with "Cytokine that stimulates formation of macrophages from pluripotent haematopoietic cells. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 17:39, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-27) ICRP Glossary (→L)
- 17:38, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+195) N Individual decontamination (Created page with "The complete or partial removal of contamination, either internal or external, from a person by a deliberate physical, chemical, or biological process. ''ICRP Glossary...")
- 17:37, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-145) Direct bioassay (Redirected page to In vivo radiobioassay) (current) (Tag: New redirect)
- 17:35, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+323) N In vivo radiobioassay (Created page with "Also called “direct bioassay” or “in vivo measurement”. Measurements of radioactive material in the human body utilizing instrumentation that detects radiation emitted...")
- 17:35, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+2) ICRP Glossary (→I)
- 17:33, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+228) N Hormones (Created page with "A class of signaling molecules produced by glands in multicellular organisms that are transported by the circulatory system to target distant organs to regulate physiology and...")
- 17:32, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+346) N Habitual nose breather (Created page with "A person who breathes entirely through the nose regardless of the exercise level. Such a person may switch to breathing oro-nasally (partly through the nose and partly through...")
- 17:31, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+318) N Habitual mouth breather (Created page with "A person who breathes oro-nasally (partly through the nose and partly through the mouth) at all levels of exercise: sleep, sitting light exercise and heavy exercise. At 'heavy...")
- 17:30, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+236) N Growth hormone (somatotropin) (Created page with "A peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration. Growth hormone is synthesized, stored and secreted by somatotropic cells within the anterio...")
- 17:30, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+127) N Growth fraction (Created page with "Proportion of viable cells in active cell division. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 17:30, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+180) N Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (Created page with "Cytokine that stimulates differentiation of progenitors into granulocytes, macrophages, and eosinophils. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2...")
- 17:29, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+155) N Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (Created page with "Cytokine that stimulates differentiation of progenitor cells into granulocytes. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 17:29, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+311) N Gastrointestinal syndrome (Created page with "The signs and symptoms of intestinal failure; e.g. intestinal damage related to an acute exposure to ionising radiation with a threshold of about 10 Gy. Acute radiation syndro...")
- 17:28, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-23) ICRP Glossary (→G)
- 17:28, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+123) Complex tissues
- 17:27, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+263) N Hierarchical tissues (Created page with "In hierarchical (Type H) tissues cells are arranged in a lineage ranging from stem cells to mature cells, and their dose-latency relationship is defined by the radiosensitivit...")
- 17:27, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+464) N Flexible tissues (Created page with "In flexible (Type F) tissues all cells are assumed to have the potential for proliferation and are also engaged in tissue-specific functions. The pronounced dose-latency relat...")
- 17:25, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+323) N Extrathoracic airways (Created page with "Part of the respiratory tract, consisting of the anterior nose (the ET1 region) and the posterior nasal passages, pharynx and larynx (the ET2 region). The oral part of the pha...")
- 17:25, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+165) N Excretion rate (instantaneous) (Created page with "The instantaneous rate at which a radionuclide is removed in excreta (Bq s<sup>-1</sup>). (ICRP Publication 130, 2015) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 17:24, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) ICRP Glossary (→E)
- 17:23, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+15) ICRP Glossary (→E)
- 17:19, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+381) N Epithelium (Created page with "Epithelium is one of the four basic types of tissues, along with connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue. Epithelial tissues line the outer surfaces of organs and...")
- 17:18, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-37) ICRP Glossary (→D)
- 17:17, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-209) Direct bioassay
- 17:16, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Direct bioassay
- 17:16, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+429) N Direct bioassay (Created page with "Measurements of radioactive material in the human body utilizing instrumentation that detects radiation emitted from the radioactive material in the body. ([https://www.iso.or...")
- 17:14, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+197) N Differentiation (Created page with "The process whereby stem cells enter a pathway of proliferation in which they acquire specialised functions. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 103, 2007) ''[[ICRP Glossary]...")
- 17:13, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+264) N Diastasis (Created page with "The midportion of diastole, when the blood enters the ventricle slowly or ceases to enter. Diastasis duration is in inverse proportion to heart rate and is absent at very high...")
- 17:11, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+209) N Cytokines (Created page with "Cytokines are a broad category of small proteins (~5–20 kDa) that are important in cell signaling. Their release has an effect on the behavior of cells around them. ''IC...")
- 15:57, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+238) N Complex tissues (Created page with "Cell populations in which function and proliferation take place in the same cells (otherwise called ‘flexible tissues’ or ‘conditional renewing tissues’). (ICRP Publ...")
- 15:57, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+304) N Clonogenic survival (Created page with "Defined as the fraction of cells that survive following exposure to, or treatment with, an agent that causes cell death. Only cells that are able to form colonies (clonogenic...")
- 15:56, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+233) N Clonogenic cells (Created page with "Cells that have the capacity to produce an expanding family of descendants (usually at least 50). Also called ‘colony-forming cells’ or ‘clonogens’. (ICRP Publicatio...")
- 15:55, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-18) ICRP Glossary (→C)
- 15:54, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+159) N Bronchial region (Created page with "Part of the respiratory tract, consisting of the trachea (generation 0) and bronchi, airway generations 1 through 8. ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 15:54, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+561) N Bone marrow (Created page with "Bone marrow, a semi-solid tissue located within the spongious portions of bones, is the primary site of new blood cell production or hematopoiesis. It is composed of hematopoi...")
- 15:53, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Biomedical research volunteer
- 15:52, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+243) N Basal cell (Created page with "Cuboidal epithelial cells attached to the basement membrane of epithelial structure typically found at the deepest layer of skin, internal cavity or duct like alimentary tract...")
- 15:52, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+17) ICRP Glossary (→B)
- 15:50, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+256) N Alimentary tract transfer factor (Created page with "Fraction of activity entering the alimentary tract that is absorbed into blood, taking no account of losses due to radioactive decay or endogenous input of activity into the t...")
- 15:41, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1) Air-kerma, entrance surface
- 15:41, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+41) Air-kerma, entrance surface
- 15:40, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+11) Aerodynamic diameter
- 15:04, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Forbiddenness
- 15:00, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Effective charge number
- 14:44, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-23) ICRP Glossary (→A)
- 14:43, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+25) ICRP Glossary (→T)
- 14:43, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) m Types of materials (Intern moved page Absorption Type to Types of materials)
- 14:43, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+32) N Absorption Type (Intern moved page Absorption Type to Types of materials) (current) (Tag: New redirect)
- 14:22, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+27) Effective half-life
- 14:16, 11 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+14) Effective half-life
- 17:49, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-35) ICRP Glossary (→W)
- 17:49, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+317) N Waste disposal (Created page with "Emplacement of waste in an appropriate facility without the intention of retrieval. Note: occasionally, disposal is used to include discharge of effluents to the environment (...")
- 17:49, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+280) N Unsealed source (Created page with "Radioactive material that is in a readily dispensable form i.e. neither permanently sealed in a capsule nor incorporated in a solid form. (Adapted from [https://www.iaea.org/r...")
- 17:48, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+336) N Trapped particles (Created page with "Particles trapped in the Earth's magnetic field as a result of the interaction of galactic cosmic radiation and solar cosmic radiation with the Earth´s magnetic field and the...")
- 17:47, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-13) ICRP Glossary (→T)
- 17:47, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+213) N System of radiological protection (Created page with "The Commission’s recommended approach for protection of people and the environment against the harmful effects of ionising radiation under different exposure situations. '...") (current)
- 17:45, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+201) N Storage (Created page with "The holding of radioactive waste in a facility that provides for its containment with the intention of retrieval. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 122, 2013) ''ICRP Glos...")
- 17:45, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-14) ICRP Glossary (→S)
- 17:45, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+467) N Special (non-routine) monitoring (Created page with "Monitoring designed to investigate a specific situation in the workplace for which further information is needed. It can be individual monitoring or workplace monitoring. Note...")
- 17:44, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+252) N South Atlantic anomaly (Created page with "An area where the radiation belt, and hence the trapped protons, comes closer to the Earth’s surface due to a displacement of the magnetic dipole axes from the Earth's centr...")
- 17:44, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+404) N Source term (Created page with "Amount, isotopic composition, physical and chemical form of radioactive materials used for calculating radiation exposure, expressed as total activity or activity concentratio...")
- 17:42, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+289) N Source-related (Created page with "Of, or relating to, a specified source of radiation. It is contrasted with another term, “individual related”. Note: Source-related assessment is a phrase used when the a...")
- 17:41, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+554) N Solar wind (Created page with "The solar wind is a plasma of electrons, protons, and alpha particles that boils off the solar corona and propagates – due to the Sun’s magnetic field – radially from th...")
- 17:33, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+279) N Solar particle event (Created page with "An eruption at the Sun’s surface that releases a large number of particles (mainly electrons and protons with less helium ions and heavy charged particles) over the course o...")
- 17:32, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+244) N Solar cycle (Created page with "Variation of the solar activity between two extremes with a cycle time of approximately 11 years. The solar activity can be described by the number of observed sunspots. (IC...")
- 17:32, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+367) N Safety culture (Created page with "Assembly of characteristics and attitudes in organizations and individuals which establishes that, as an overriding priority, issues relating to protection and safety receive...")
- 17:31, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+245) N Safety case (Created page with "A structured set of arguments and evidence demonstrating the safety of a system. More specifically, a safety case aims to show that specific targets and criteria are met. (I...")
- 17:30, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-22) ICRP Glossary (→S)
- 17:30, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+324) N Rigidity threshold (Created page with "For each point inside the Earth´s magnetosphere and each direction from that point, there exists a rigidity threshold below which the cosmic particles are not able to reach t...")
- 17:29, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+301) N Reversibility (Created page with "The ability, in principle, to reverse or reconsider decisions taken during the progressive implementation of a disposal system; reversal is the concrete action of overturning...")
- 17:29, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+294) N Retrievability (Created page with "The ability, in principle, to recover waste or entire waste packages once they have been emplaced in a repository. Retrievability implies making provisions in order to allow r...")
- 17:27, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+386) N Remedial action (Created page with "The removal of a source or the reduction of its magnitude (in terms of activity or amount) for the purposes of preventing or reducing exposures that might otherwise occur in a...")
- 17:26, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-10) ICRP Glossary (→R)
- 17:26, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+460) N Relocation (Created page with "The non-urgent removal or extended evacuation of people to avoid long term exposure from deposited radioactive material. Relocation is considered to be permanent (sometimes te...")
- 17:22, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-33) ICRP Glossary (→R)
- 17:19, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+408) N Recovery responder (Created page with "Any individual recognized as being involved in the recovery process after a nuclear accident or radiological event. Note: Recognition is likely to be from organization respons...")
- 17:18, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+314) N Radiological protection principles (Created page with "A set of principles that apply equally to all exposure situations: the principle of justification, the principle of optimisation of protection, and the principle of applicatio...")
- 17:17, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+135) N Radioactive dispersion device (Created page with "A device designed with malicious intent to spread radioactive material in the public domain. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 17:17, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-32) ICRP Glossary (→R)
- 17:17, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+248) N Radiation worker (Created page with "A radiation worker is an occupationally exposed individual. Note that the term is often applied to the subset of occupationally exposed individuals for which their exposure i...")
- 17:16, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-37) ICRP Glossary (→R)
- 17:16, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-22) ICRP Glossary (→R)
- 17:15, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+42) Radiation belt (current)
- 17:14, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+27) N Radiation belt (Redirected page to Magnetosphere) (Tag: New redirect)
- 15:53, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+537) N Qualified expert (Created page with "An individual who, by virtue of knowledge, training and certification by appropriate boards or societies, professional licences or academic qualifications and experience, is d...")
- 15:52, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+230) N Prevailing circumstances (Created page with "The conditions and factors that could or should be taken into account when making radiological protection decisions. They include a wide range of radiological and non-radiolog...")
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