Cumulative dose

Cumulative dose is the total dose resulting from repeated exposures of ionizing radiation to an occupationally exposed worker to the same portion of the body, or to the whole body, over a period of time. 

In medicine, the total amount of a drug or radiation given to a patient over time; for example, the total dose of radiation given in a series of radiation treatments. 

See also

Radioactivity
Radiation poisoning
Collective dose
Committed dose equivalent
Committed effective dose equivalent

References

USNRC Glossary

Category:Radioactivity
Category:Radiation health effects