First Known Use: 1906
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dosimeter
noun do·sim·e·ter \dō-ˈsi-mə-tər\
Definition of DOSIMETER
: a device for measuring doses of radiations (as X-rays)
— do·si·met·ric \ˌdō-sə-ˈme-trik\ adjective
— do·sim·e·try \dō-ˈsi-mə-trē\ noun
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Origin of DOSIMETER
Late Latin dosis + International Scientific Vocabulary -meter
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dosimeter
noun do·sim·e·ter \dō-ˈsim-ət-ər\
Medical Definition of DOSIMETER
: a device for measuring doses of radiations (as X-rays)
—do·si·met·ric \ˌdō-sə-ˈme-trik\ adjective
—do·sim·e·try \dō-ˈsim-ə-trē\ noun, plural do·sim·e·tries
Variants of DOSIMETER
do·sim·e·ter also dose·me·ter \ˈdō-ˌsmēt-ər\
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