Medical Dictionary

carbon 14

noun \-(ˈ)fōr(t)-ˈtēn, -(ˈ)fr(t)-\

Medical Definition of CARBON 14

:  a heavy radioactive isotope of carbon of mass number 14 used especially in tracer studies and in dating archaeological and geological materials

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