nuclear medicine

noun

|Updated on: 30 Jul 2018

Definition of nuclear medicine

: a branch of medicine dealing with the use of radioactive materials in the diagnosis and treatment of disease

Recent Examples of nuclear medicine from the Web

But at Stanford's nuclear medicine department that day, a patient had missed his appointment.

— sarah varney, Washington Post, "In Wisconsin, Hopes Rise For Production Of A Lifesaving Radioactive Isotope," 16 Jan. 2018
At UC San Diego hospitals, the employee relations board ordered unions to make sure that at least five respiratory therapists, 18 pharmacists, 46 clinical lab scientists and one nuclear medicine technologist show up daily during the strike.

— paul sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Talks stalled, UC strike to begin Monday morning," 7 May 2018
Campos previously worked at Triton as faculty and program coordinator for the college’s nuclear medicine program.

— anna bybee-schier, chicagotribune.com, "Triton College renews administrator contracts," 2 Apr. 2018
Meanwhile, Iran spinning centrifuges allegedly for nuclear medicine while at the same time, threatening the extermination of both Israel and America.

— Fox News, "Judge Jeanine: You Republicans have screwed up royally," 24 Mar. 2018
His clinical interests include neuroradiology, including brain, spine, head and neck imaging, and nuclear medicine imaging.

— staff report, Houston Chronicle, "Kelsey-Seybold appoints Oscar Longoria managing physician of nuclear medicine," 22 Jan. 2018

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