technetium
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noun \tek-ˈnē-sh(ē-)əm\Definition of TECHNETIUM
: a radioactive metallic element obtained especially from nuclear fuel as a product of uranium fission and used as a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical
see element table
See Origin of TECHNETIUM
New Latin, from Greek technētos artificial, from technasthai to devise by art, from technē
First Known Use: circa 1946
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tech·ne·tium
noun \tek-ˈnē-sh(ē-)əm\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of TECHNETIUM
: a metallic element that is obtained by bombarding molybdenum with deuterons or neutrons and in the fission of uranium and that is used in medicine in the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals—symbol Tc; see pertechnetate; element table
technetium
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Metallic chemical element, one of the transition elements, chemical symbol Tc, atomic number 43. All its isotopes are radioactive (see radioactivity); some occur in trace amounts in nature as nuclear fission products of uranium. Its isotope technetium-97 was the first element artificially produced (1937; see cyclotron). Technetium-99, a fission product of nuclear reactors that emits gamma rays, is the most-used tracer isotope in nuclear medicine. Technetium resembles platinum in appearance and manganese and rhenium in chemical behaviour. It is also used as a metallurgical tracer and in corrosion-resistant products.
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