radiopharmaceutical
[ra″de-o-fahr″mah-soo´tĭ-k'l] a radioactive pharmaceutical, nuclide, or other chemical used for diagnostic purposes or for
radiation therapy.
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ra·di·o·phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
(rā'dē-ō-far'mă-sū'ti-kăl), A radioactive chemical or pharmaceutic preparation, labeled with a radionuclide in tracer or therapeutic concentration, used as a diagnostic or therapeutic agent.
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radiopharmaceutical
(rā′dē-ō-fär′mə-so͞o′tĭ-kəl)n. A radioactive compound used in diagnosis or therapy.
ra′di·o·phar′ma·ceu′ti·cal adj.
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radiopharmaceutical
Radioactive drug Radiology A drug, compound or other material labeled or tagged with a radioisotope, which is used to diagnose or treat cancer and manage pain of bone metastasesMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ra·di·o·phar·ma·ceu·tic·al
(rā'dē-ō-fahr'mă-sū'ti-kăl) A therapeutic agent chemically bound to a radionuclide.
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Radiopharmaceutical
A radioactive pharmaceutical or chemical (usually radioactive iodine or cobalt) used for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
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