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With delays in the radioisotope expected well into November, this means that over 1 million diagnostic exams may have to be delayed, cancelled or rescheduled due to the shortage.
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Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Radioisotope gastric-emptying scan: This test involves eating food containing a radioisotope (a slightly radioactive substance) that shows up on a scan.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
If the radioisotopes experiment is successful, over time the scientists hope to expand their work for the benefit of other endangered animals, such as elephants and pangolins.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 4 July 2024
Especially challenging were very specific military requirements regarding the half-life of the radioisotopes that would be dispersed by the weapons and the intensity of radioactivity emitted.
—William C. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2023
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Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Radioisotope gastric-emptying scan: This test involves eating food containing a radioisotope (a slightly radioactive substance) that shows up on a scan.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
If the radioisotopes experiment is successful, over time the scientists hope to expand their work for the benefit of other endangered animals, such as elephants and pangolins.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 4 July 2024
Especially challenging were very specific military requirements regarding the half-life of the radioisotopes that would be dispersed by the weapons and the intensity of radioactivity emitted.
—William C. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2023
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“Radioisotope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radioisotope. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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radioisotope
noun
ra·dio·iso·tope
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈī-sə-ˌtōp 
: a radioactive isotope
Medical Definition
radioisotope
noun
ra·dio·iso·tope
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈī-sə-ˌtōp
: a radioactive isotope compare radioelement
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