| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| An acronym for roentgen equivalent man. A unit of absorbed doses of radiation. | 1 |
| A normal medical x-ray delivers about 0.02 rem; a fatal dose of radiation is several thousand rem. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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