See Also: Nuclear medicine(medicine)
nuclear medicine(encyclopedia)
Nuclear Medicine(health)
nuclear medicine physician(medicine)
Nuclear medicine scan(health)
Nuclear medicine imaging techniques(health)
nuclear medicine department, hospital(medicine)
Kiran Hospital for Nuclear Medicine(health)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
sea porcupine(medicine)

Nuclear reaction (medicine) and porcupine (oh)


Nuclear reaction (medicine)


nuclear reaction


The interaction of two atomic nuclei or of one such with a subatomic particle, or of the subatomic particles within an atomic nucleus, resulting in a change in the Nature of the nuclei concerned or in the energy content of the nuclei or both, usually manifested by transmutation (accompanied by emission of alpha-, beta-, or gamma-rays) or by fission or fusion of the nuclei.


porcupine (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: porc espin, from Latin porcus ( PORK) + spina 'sharp point']
an animal with long, sharp parts growing all over its back and sides