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Term:
electromagnetic radiation exposure (XCO:0000045)
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The condition of being subjected to energy emitted and absorbed by charged particles, which exhibits wave-like behavior as it travels and has both electric and magnetic field components. Electromagnetic radiation includes, in order of decreasing wavelength, radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light, x-rays, gamma rays, and cosmic rays.

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Definition Sources: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Radiation "Wikipedia" "Wikipedia", ISBN:978-1416049982

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