nuclear medicine

nu·cle·ar med·i·cine

N n

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noo-klee-er, nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-ler med-uh-sin or, esp. British, med-suh n]
- /ˈnu kli ər, ˈnyu- or, by metathesis, -kyə lər ˈmɛd ə sɪn or, esp. British, ˈmɛd sən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noo-klee-er, nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-ler med-uh-sin or, esp. British, med-suh n]
- /ˈnu kli ər, ˈnyu- or, by metathesis, -kyə lər ˈmɛd ə sɪn or, esp. British, ˈmɛd sən/

Definitions of nuclear medicine words

noun nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic medical techniques using radionuclides or radioisotopes. 1
noun nuclear medicine the branch of medicine concerned with the use of radionuclides in the diagnosis and treatment of disease 0
noun nuclear medicine the branch of medicine that uses radiation and radioactive materials for diagnosis and therapeutic treatment 0

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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