Dosimetrist

Dosimetrist
dosimetry do*sim"e*try, n. [NL. dosis dose + -metry.] (Med.) Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules. -- {Do`si*met"ric}, a. -- {Do*sim"e*trist}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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