Medical Definition of Nuclear physician
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A medically qualified specialist in internal medicine who has subspecialised in the use of radioactive materials for both the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other conditions. The radioactive substances are normally injected intravenously but may be swallowed (for example radio-iodine). There are few such specialists and occasionally Radiation Oncologists also practise this!.
(16 Dec 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuclear Physician
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