| radiopharmaceutical | A radioactive chemical or pharmaceutical preparation, labelled with a radionuclide in tracer or therapeutic concentration, used as a diagnostic or therapeutic agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| radiopharmaceutical chemistry | The science concerned with the labeling of pharmaceuticals with radionuclides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiopharmaceutical purity | The sterility and apyrogenicity of a radioactive tracer for human use. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiopharmaceuticals | Compounds that are used in medicine as sources of radiation for radiotherapy and for diagnostic purposes. They have numerous uses in research and industry. (martindale, the extra pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1161) (12 Dec 1998) |