Definitions for nuclear medicine
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
nu′clear med′icine(n.)
diagnostic and therapeutic medical techniques using radionuclides or radioisotopes.
Category: Medicine
Origin of nuclear medicine:
1950–55
Princeton's WordNet
nuclear medicine(noun)
the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells
Wiktionary
nuclear medicine(Noun)
The branch of medicine that uses radioactive isotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Nuclear Medicine
A specialty field of radiology concerned with diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative use of radioactive compounds in a pharmaceutical form.
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