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Iodine-131 (Noun)

Meaning

Heavy radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 8 days; used in a sodium salt to diagnose thyroid disease and to treat goiter.

Classification

Nouns denoting substances.

Examples

  • The medical team treated the patient's hyperthyroidism with a controlled dose of iodine-131.
  • Radioactive iodine-131 was used to destroy part of the thyroid gland affected by cancer.
  • To treat her goiter, the patient underwent a treatment with iodine-131 administered orally.
  • Iodine-131 was used to diagnose a thyroid disease by measuring its uptake in the thyroid gland.
  • The small dose of iodine-131 administered to the patient made it possible to visualize her thyroid gland and diagnose its abnormalities.

Hypernyms

  • Iodin
  • Atomic Number 53
  • I
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