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[n] the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells |
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| | See Also: | | medical specialty, medicine |
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| | Definition: | | a specialized area of radiology that uses very small amounts of radioactive substances to examine organ function and structure. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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- A branch of medicine concerned with the use of radioactive materials in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
- Generally speaking, this field encompasses any use of radiactive materials in medicine. This includes the use of radiation as therapy to treat cancer, the use of x-rays to diagnose injury, the use of radionuclides in solution to trace processes in the body, etc. Compare radiology.
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