nuclear medicine

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nuclear medicine

The branch of medicine that deals with the use of radionuclides in diagnosis and treatment of disease.

nuclear medicine

(Medicine) the branch of medicine concerned with the use of radionuclides in the diagnosis and treatment of disease

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nuclear medicine - the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells

medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

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