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noun
The branch of medicine that uses radioactive isotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty
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