Boneseeker

Quick meaning: Boneseeker is a noun meaning (physiology, radiology) Any element, especially a radioisotope, that has a tendency to accumulate in bones.

Meaning

(physiology, radiology) Any element, especially a radioisotope, that has a tendency to accumulate in bones.

Example Sentences

Lead is a bone seeker; it is found in bone mineral with a 70% higher level in cancellous bone than in compact bone.

These studies demonstrated that beside radionuclide retention anatomical and physiological factors affect the induction of radiation damage from incorporating α-emitting bone seekers to bone marrow.

Some isotopes that are not alpha-emitters are also "bone[-]seekers," and are not well eliminated. The result is that even a small quantity of these materials, retained in the body, may lead to depression of bone marrow activity, and to serious bone lesions.

In general, localization of the rare-earth "bone-seekers" was poor except for ¹⁵⁷Dy, which compared well with ⁹⁹ᵐTc-PP and ⁹⁹ᵐTc-DP; ¹⁵⁷Dy was also helpful in studies of the abdomen and pelvis because of its failure to concentrate in the gastrointestinal tract.

Word Forms

• boneseekers
• bone seeker
• bone-seeker

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Related dictionary entries include bone-seeker, radiobiologist, radiobiology, bioscan, biomarker, biosource.

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