Electromagnetic Radiation

Preferred Label : Electromagnetic Radiation;

NCIt synonyms : Radiation-Total; radiation (unspecified type); Radiation, Electromagnetic;

NCIt related terms : radiation; EMR;

NCIt definition : The radiation of energy as transverse waves produced by moving charges.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Radiation that has both electric and magnetic fields and travels in waves. It comes from natural and man-made sources. Electromagnetic radiation can vary in strength from low energy to high energy. It includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays, and gamma rays.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000045072; CDR0000673819; CDR0000270739;

Details

Origin ID

C17050;

UMLS CUI

C0034519;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Radiating to (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Radiation [HPMULTI term]
- Radiation [LOINC System]
- X-rays [MeSH Descriptor]
- health information management [Q-code]
- radiating to [SNOMED Notion]
- radiation effects [MeSH Descriptor]
False automatic mappings
- γ-radiation [IUPAC Term]
Semantic type(s)
- Natural Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Electromagnetic radiation (physical force) [SNOMED CT concept]
- electromagnetic radiation [MeSH concept]
- electromagnetic radiation [MeSH Descriptor]
- electromagnetic radiation [SNOMED Notion]

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