milligram-hour
[ mil-i-gram-ouuh r, -ou-er ]
/ ˈmɪl ɪˌgræmˌaʊər, -ˌaʊ ər /
noun Radiotherapy.
a unit of measure for a dose of radium expressed as the amount of radiation received by exposure to one milligram of radium for one hour.
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