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genetically significant dose(medicine)
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genetically(dictionary)
genetically modified(dictionary)
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genetically significant dose (medicine) and MacLeish, Archibald (sh)


genetically significant dose (medicine)


genetically significant dose
<physics, radiobiology> The genetically significant dose is that which, if received by every member of the population, would be expected to produce the same genetic injury to the population as do the actual doses received by the individuals irradiated.

Thus, the genetically significant dose is the dose equivalent to the gonads weighted for the age and sex distribution in those members of the irradiated population expected to have offspring. The genetically significant dose is expressed in sieverts (or rem).

Acronym: GSD


MacLeish, Archibald (sh)




born May 7, 1892, Glencoe, Ill., U.S.
died April 20, 1982, Boston, Mass.

U.S. poet, playwright, teacher, and public official.

He practiced law before leaving for France in 1923 to perfect his poetic craft. His early poems "Ars Poetica" (1926) and "You, Andrew Marvell" (1930) are often anthologized. He later expressed his concern for democratic ideals in "public" verse such as Conquistador (1932, Pulitzer Prize) and Public Speech (1936). Other works include Collected Poems (1952, Pulitzer Prize) and the verse drama J.B. (1958, Pulitzer Prize). He served as librarian of Congress (1939-44) and assistant secretary of state (1944-45) and later taught at Harvard (1949-62).