Medical Definition of Carbon-14

1. A beta-emitter with a half-life of 5715 years, widely used as a tracer in studying various aspects of metabolism; naturally occurring 14C, arising from cosmic ray bombardment, is used to date relics containing natural carbonaceous materials. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon-14

carbolized
carbolizes
carbolizing
Carboloy
carboluria
carbomer
carbometry
carbomycin
carbomycin
carbomycin 3-O-acetyltransferase
carbon
carbon
carbon-11
carbon-12
carbon-13
carbon-14 (current term)
carbon-14 dating
carbon-carbon double bond isomerases
carbon-carbon ligases
carbon-carbon lyases
carbon-nitrogen ligases
carbon-nitrogen ligases with glutamine as amide-n-donor
carbon-nitrogen lyases
carbon-oxygen ligases
carbon-oxygen lyases
carbon-phosphorus lyase
carbon-sulfur ligases
carbon-sulfur lyases
carbonaceous
carbonade

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