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RADIOISOTOPE

Dictionary entry overview: What does radioisotope mean?

• RADIOISOTOPE (noun)
The noun RADIOISOTOPE has 1 sense:

1. a radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially

Familiarity information: RADIOISOTOPE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RADIOISOTOPE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("radioisotope" is a kind of...):

isotope (one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radioisotope"):

tracer ((radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes)

label (a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction)

iodine-131 (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)

iodine-125 (light radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 60 days; used as a tracer in thyroid studies and as a treatment for hyperthyroidism)

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