LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("low-level radioactive waste" is a kind of...):

radioactive waste (useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)