isoeffect

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English

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Etymology

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From iso- +‎ effect.

Noun

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isoeffect (plural isoeffects)

  1. A line (on a graph) representing identical effects, especially of the effects of radiation on tumors
    • 2015 August 14, Jian-Yue Jin et al., “Radiation dose-fractionation effects in spinal cord: comparison of animal and human data”, in Journal of Radiation Oncology[1], volume 4, →DOI:
      The lower bound of the 95 % CI of the α/β ratio for the patient group was 2.2 Gy, which is similar to the 2.0 Gy value commonly used clinically for isoeffect calculations.