nuclear medicine
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- noun
- /ˈnjuːklɪər ˈmɛdɪsɪn/
- Specialized
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medicina nuclear
- Using the contraband-only doctrine to justify the use of these sensors, however, faces an unexpected challenge from the field of nuclear medicine.
- nuclear medicine technologist
- nuclear medicine specialist
- nuclear medicine department
SPECT is a nuclear medicine study that looks at blood flow and activity, and it rocked my world.
- SPECT is a nuclear medicine study that looks at blood flow and activity, and it rocked my world.
Examples
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Through developments in radiopharmaceuticals and other technologies, nuclear medicine is gradually developing toward the stage of molecular imaging and therapy procedures.
Academic text (2007) -
CAT scans, nuclear medicine, MRI studies, and other procedures are necessary for diagnosis and for following tumor size in metastatic disease.
Academic text (1993) -
Say, a hospital with a nuclear medicine department?
Fiction book (2002) -
SPECT is a nuclear medicine study that looks at blood flow and activity, and it rocked my world.
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So he does all these crazy scans and I don't know what imaging studies and nuclear medicine he does.
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Nuclear medicine, a branch of medical imaging and treatment that uses the nuclear properties of matter in diagnosis and therapy, is a major contributor to the vitality and health of society.
Academic text (2007) -
Hospital personnel also showed off the nuclear medicine area, which has its own CT scan and X-ray machines to keep from backlogging the emergency room and in-patient areas.
Blog text (1) -
Nuclear medicine uses nuclear medicine techniques and radioisotopes to diagnose diseases effectively.
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The doctor recommended a nuclear medicine scan to determine the cause of the patient's symptoms.
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In our hospital, nuclear medicine specialists treat cancer with targeted radioactive therapy.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'nuclear' (relating to atomic nuclei/radiation) combined with 'medicine' (medical field) clearly yields a medical specialty involving nuclear/atomic techniques or radioactive substances. This is not idiomatic and similar formations exist across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Nuclear medicine gets its name from using very small amounts of radioactive material made in the center of atoms called 'nuclei' to make pictures of the inside of the body or to treat disease. So nuclear points to those tiny atomic sources and medicine shows this is a medical way to find and treat problems.