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nuclear medicine

[ noo-klee-er med-uh-sin, nyoo- ]

noun

  1. diagnostic and therapeutic medical techniques using radionuclides or radioisotopes.


nuclear medicine

noun

  1. the branch of medicine concerned with the use of radionuclides in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nuclear medicine1

First recorded in 1950–55
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