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RADIOACTIVE IODINE TEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Test of thyroid function in which the patient is given an oral dose of radioactive iodine-131
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("radioactive iodine test" is a kind of...):
diagnostic assay; diagnostic test (an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radioactive iodine test"):
radioactive iodine excretion test (radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine excreted in the urine)
radioactive iodine uptake test; RAIU (radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland)
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