Table 3. SI and relatd units applied in medical sciences used in Yonago Acta medica

QUANTITY	Symbol	SI or related unit
LENGTH	m	meter
SURFACE AREA	m2	square meter
VOLUME	L	liter
TEMPERATURE	°C	degree Celsius
MASS (WEIGHT)	g	gram
TIME	d	day
	h	hour
	min	minute
	s	second
POWER	W	watt
ENERGY	N	newton
	J	joule
FREQUENCY	Hz	hertz
CATALYTIC ACTIVITY	kat	katal
PRESSURE	Pa	pascal
SUBSTANCE CONCENTRATION	mol/L	mole per liter
	M	molar
DOSE EQUIVALENT	Sv	sievert
ABSORVED DOSE	Gy	gray
ACTIVITY	Bq	becquerel
EXPOSURE	C/kg	roentgen
OTHER UNITS	A	ampere
	bp	base pair
	bpm	beats per minute
	cpm	counts per minute
	Da	dalton
	eq	equivalent
	F	farad
	G	gaus
	K	degree absolute
	kb	kilobase (pair)
	S	Svedberg (10-13 s)
	rpm	revolutions per minute
	V	volt
	Ω	ohm
THERMODYNAMIC TERMS	ΔH	enthalpy change
	ΔG	Gibbs energy change
	ΔS	entropy change
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL QUANTITIES	A	absorbance
	D	diffusion coefficient
	g	acceleration of gravity
	K	equilibrium constant
	Km	Michaelis constant
	Mr	relative molecular mass
	Rf	retardation factor
	[α]t	specific rotation
	s	sedimentation
	s	sedimentation coefficient

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