radioactive tracer

English

Noun

radioactive tracer (plural radioactive tracers)

  1. (physics, chemistry, medicine) A radioactive isotope which, when injected into a chemically similar substance, or artificially attached to a biological or physical system, can be traced by radiation detection devices.
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