RADIOACTIVE IODINE TEST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Test of thyroid function in which the patient is given an oral dose of radioactive iodine-131

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("radioactive iodine test" is a kind of...):

diagnostic assay; diagnostic test (an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radioactive iodine test"):

radioactive iodine excretion test (radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine excreted in the urine)

radioactive iodine uptake test; RAIU (radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland)

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