uptake : Idioms & Phrases
radioactive iodine uptake test
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noun radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland
RAIU.
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re-uptake
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noun a process of using up or consuming again
reuptake.
- psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters