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colloidal radioactive gold (medicine) and amorphous (iou)


colloidal radioactive gold (medicine)


colloidal radioactive gold -->
radiogold colloid


A radioactive isotope of gold emitting negative beta particles and gamma radiation, with a half-life of 2.7 days; formerly used for irradiation of closed serous cavities in the palliative treatment of ascites and pleural effusion due to metastatic malignancies, and for liver scans.

Synonym: 198Au colloid, colloidal radioactive gold.


amorphous (iou)



amorphous adjective. M18.
[mod. Latin amorphus from Greek amorphos, formed as A-10 + morphe shape: see -OUS.]
Having no determinate shape or structure; shapeless; unorganized. M18.
Chemistry & Mineralogy. Of a solid: not crystalline, or not apparently so. E19.
J. J. Lagowski The so-called amorphous forms of carbon..are actually composed of microcrystals.
amorphousness noun L19.