radiobiology
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- noun
- /ˌreɪdioʊbaɪˈɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
- Her boss, the director of the radiobiology lab, appeared on the screen, reassuring the Hungarian public that the Chernobyl explosion posed no threat to them.
- Radiobiology Institute
Examples
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Klra's personal experience as a worker in the radiobiology laboratory laid bare the political processes within scientific bureaucracies and galvanized her commitment to grassroots environmental activism.
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When she returned to the labs, she learned that all radiobiology research following the week of the disaster had been designated "classified," and only the heads of the Institute.
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Klra's story about her work at the radiobiology lab poses dilemmas of citizenship, professional responsibility, and scientific expertise during the Cold War.
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As she and her colleagues conducted their usual experiments in the clean rooms of the Radiobiology Institute in the days after the disaster, they noticed a threefold rise in background radiation.
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In 1986, Klra Hoffman was working as a biologist in the Radiobiology Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest.
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Klra was shocked and disgusted that her supervisor at the Radiobiology Institute had downplayed the dimensions of the Chernobyl catastrophe and its potential dangers to the Hungarian public.
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The research in radiobiology has shown significant effects of radiation on living cells.
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In her studies of radiobiology, she found that radiation can cause mutations in DNA.
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Courses in radiobiology are essential for understanding the impact of radiation on ecosystems.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word radiobiology combines radio- meaning 'ray', as in the familiar word radiation, and biology meaning 'the study of life'. So radiobiology is the study of how rays or radiation affect living things, which explains its modern meaning.