curie

curie definition - medical

cu·rie (kyo͝orˈē, kyo͝o-rēˈ)

noun Abbr. Ci
A unit of radioactivity, equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 3.7 × 1010 disintegrations per second.
Curie definition - medical

Cu·rie (kyo͝orˈē, kyo͝o-rēˈ, kü-), Marie Originally Manja Skłodowska. 1867-1934.

Polish-born French chemist. She shared a 1903 Nobel Prize with her husband, Pierre Curie (1859-1906), and Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) for fundamental research on radioactivity. In 1911 she won a second Nobel Prize for her discovery and study of the elements radium and polonium.

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