National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Electromagnetic Radiation

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17050

ALT_DEFINITION

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.

code

C17050

DEFINITION

The radiation of energy as transverse waves produced by moving charges.

FULL_SYN

Radiation

Radiation, Electromagnetic

EMR

Radiation-Total

radiation (unspecified type)

label

Electromagnetic Radiation

Legacy_Concept_Name

Electromagnetic_Radiation

Preferred_Name

Electromagnetic Radiation

prefixIRI

C17050

prefLabel

Electromagnetic Radiation

Semantic_Type

Natural Phenomenon or Process

UMLS_CUI

C0034519

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C18102

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