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Medical Definition of Radionuclide generator
1. A column containing a large amount of a particular radionuclide (mother radionuclide) that decays down to a second radionuclide of shorter physical half-life; the daughter radionuclide is separated from the parent by the process of elution and affords a continuing supply of relatively short-lived radionuclides for laboratory use; the elution is loosely termed "milking" with the generator referred to as a "radioactive cow." (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Radionuclide Generator
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