RADIOACTIVE IODINE TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radioactive iodine test mean? 

• RADIOACTIVE IODINE TEST (noun)
  The noun RADIOACTIVE IODINE TEST has 1 sense:

1. test of thyroid function in which the patient is given an oral dose of radioactive iodine-131

  Familiarity information: RADIOACTIVE IODINE TEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIOACTIVE IODINE TEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Test of thyroid function in which the patient is given an oral dose of radioactive iodine-131

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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)