Medical Definition of Critical organ

1. The organ or physiologic system that for a given source of radiation would first reach its legally defined maximum permissible radiation exposure as the dose of radiopharmaceutical is increased; e.g., the kidney is the critical organ when 197Hg-chlormerodrin is given. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Critical Organ

critical angle
critical angle
critical appraisal
critical care
critical care unit
critical concentration
critical dissolved oxygen concentration
critical flicker fusion frequency
critical gradient
critical habitat
critical illness
critical illness polyneuropathy
critical mass
critical mass
critical micelle concentration
critical organ (current term)
critical pathway
critical period
critical pH
critical point
critical point
critical point drying
critical pressure
critical rate
critical review
critical temperature
critical velocity
criticaster
criticasters
criticise

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