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Jasmine (medicine) and rem (medicine)


Jasmine (medicine)


jasmine
<botany> A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odour. The J. Officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. Angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several Other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea.

Alternative forms: jessamine] Cape jasmine, or Cape jessamine, the Gardenia florida, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States.

Origin: F. Jasmin, Sp. Jazmin, Ar. Yasmin, Pers. Yasmin; cf. It. Gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine.

Source: Websters Dictionary


rem (medicine)


REM
<radiobiology> The conventional unit of dose equivalent. The dose equivalent in rem is numerically equal to the absorbed dose, D, in rad multiplied by the quality factor Q. 1 rem = 0.01 sievert. (See sievert, rad). Note: for most medical applications involving X-ray or gamma emitters, the numerical values of the absorbed dose in rad, dose equivalent in rem and exposure in R are roughly equivalent numerically.