microcuries
/ˈmaɪkroʊˌkjʊriz/
noun
- Plural of microcurie; multiple units of radioactivity equal to one millionth of a curie each.
- They detected microcuries of contamination in the water sample.
- The container held several microcuries of radioactive iodine.
- The experiment required exactly 5 microcuries of the isotope.