NUCLEAR MEDICINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("nuclear medicine" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

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