RADIOACTIVE IODINE UPTAKE TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radioactive iodine uptake test mean? 

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

1. radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland

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

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• RADIOACTIVE IODINE UPTAKE TEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

radioactive iodine uptake test; RAIU

Hypernyms ("radioactive iodine uptake test" is a kind of...):

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