strontium unit

English

Noun

strontium unit (plural strontium units)

  1. A unit of radioactivity from strontium-90 in a person's body, equal to one picocurie from strontium-90 per gram of calcium (37 becquerels per kilogram) in the subject's skeleton.
    Synonym: (dated) sunshine unit
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