Medical Term:
Auger electron
Pronunciation: awg′ĕr
Definition: an electron ejected from an orbital by photoelectric interaction with a photon emitted when another electron, in a higher energy orbital, passed from a higher to a lower energy level; the Auger electron recoils with energy equal to the characteristic radiation less the difference in shell- binding energies.
See: photoelectric effect, transition electron
[Pierre-Victor Auger]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
