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Medical Definition of Annihilation radiation

1. The radiation resulting when a positron from beta positive decay comes to rest. It encounters an electron, and they annihilate each other and convert their rest mass into two 0.51-MeV gamma rays emitted in exactly opposite directions. (05 Mar 2000)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Annihilation Radiation

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