Nuclear-medicine
noun
1.
diagnostic and therapeutic medical techniques using radionuclides or radioisotopes.
noun
1.
the branch of medicine concerned with the use of radionuclides in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
nuclear medicine n.
The branch of medicine that deals with the use of radionuclides in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
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