Nuclear Medicine (Noun)
Meaning
The branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- She has been working in the nuclear medicine department of the hospital for over 10 years.
- Advanced training in nuclear medicine allowed her to specialize in cancer treatment.
- The hospital's nuclear medicine facility has the latest equipment for positron emission tomography.
- Nuclear medicine plays an essential role in diagnosing and treating many types of cancer.
- The doctor ordered a nuclear medicine test to determine the stage of the patient's thyroid cancer.