| ODTS | organic dust toxic syndrome |
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| TODS | toxic organic dust syndrome |
| 198AU | Radioactive Gold(used in interstitial radio theraphy) |
| 167Ga | radioactive Gallium(used in whole-body & brain scans) |
| 131I | radioactive Iodine(used in Thyroid uptake, Liver & Kidney Scans & Treatment of malignant & nonmalig... |
| gold colloid, radioactive | <chemical> A radioactive suspension of minute particles of metallic gold, made by exposure to neutrons. It is used in the pleural cavity to treat lung cancer. Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, radiopharmaceuticals. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| rose bengal radioactive test | A test of liver function used as a means of measuring hepatic blood flow and for scintillation scanning of the liver to determine size and contour of the liver, or the presence of space-occupying masses in the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water pollutants, radioactive | Pollutants, present in water or bodies of water, which exhibit radioactivity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| colloidal radioactive gold | A radioactive isotope of gold emitting negative beta particles and gamma radiation, with a half-life of 2.7 days; formerly used for irradiation of closed serous cavities in the palliative treatment of ascites and pleural effusion due to metastatic malignancies, and for liver scans. Synonym: 198Au colloid, colloidal radioactive gold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soil pollutants, radioactive | Pollutants, present in soil, which exhibit radioactivity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| elements, radioactive | Chemical elements which spontaneously transmute into another element with corpuscular or electromagnetic radiation. The natural radioactive elements are all those with an atomic number above 83, and some other elements, such as potassium (atomic number 19) and rubidium (atomic number 7), which are very weakly radioactive. (12 Dec 1998) |