radiopharmacologyn.
/ˌreɪdɪəʊˌfɑːməˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌreɪdioʊˌfɑrməˈkɑlədʒi/ 1. The branch of pharmacology concerned with the development and study of radiopharmaceuticals; the use of radiopharmaceuticals in clinical medicine and biomedical research. Also: the pharmacological properties of a radiopharmaceutical.
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posology1786
pharmacodynamics1836
pharmacognosia1842
pharmacognostics1858
psychopharmacology1920
neuropharmacology1949
pharmacokinetics1959
pharmacogenetics1960
biopharmaceutics1961
radiopharmacology1966
ethnopharmacology1967
1966 Jrnl. Nucl. Med. 7 817 (title) Radiopharmacology of a simplified technetium-99m-colloid preparation for photoscanning.
1976 M. Tubis in M. Tubis & W. Wolf Radiopharmacy xv. 406 Radiopharmacology..is concerned with the use of labeled compounds..to demonstrate the distribution, deposition, kinetics of metabolism, turnover, and the excretion.
1986 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. Imaging 1 214 New developments in radiopharmacology and single-photon emission computed tomography have recently enabled the investigation of parameters of regional energy metabolism in well defined areas of the heart muscle.
1996 Nucl. Med. & Biol. 23 957 The chemistry, radiochemistry, radiobiology, and radiopharmacology of radiopharmaceuticals containing copper radionuclides are reviewed.
2000 J. Benjamin-Alvarado Power to People iii. 60 Cuba also expanded its activities in the field of nuclear medicine. By 1990, there were twenty-one agencies working in these areas including radiopharmacology.
2. The use of drugs in radiology. rare.
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1968 Australasian Radiol. 12 239/1 Pancoast, in 1914, appears to have initiated radiopharmacology when he used morphine to stimulate gastric peristalsis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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