Definition of Nuclear medicine

1. Noun. The branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells.

Generic synonyms: Medical Specialty, Medicine

Medical Definition of Nuclear medicine

1. The branch of medicine pertaining to diagnostic, therapeutic and investigative use of radioactive chemical elements. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuclear Medicine

nuclear fusion reaction
nuclear heart scan
nuclear hyaloplasm
nuclear inclusion bodies
nuclear jaundice
nuclear lamina
nuclear layers of retina
nuclear localization signal
nuclear magnetic resonance
nuclear magnetic resonance
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
nuclear magnetic resonance tomography
nuclear magneton
nuclear matrix
nuclear medicine (current term)
nuclear medicine (current term)
nuclear medicine physician
nuclear meltdown
nuclear membrane
nuclear ophthalmoplegia
nuclear Overhauser effect
nuclear pacemaker
nuclear physician
nuclear physicist
nuclear physics
nuclear pore
nuclear power
nuclear propulsion
nuclear proteins
nuclear reaction

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