See Also: colloidal radioactive gold(medicine)
hierographic(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
colloidal(dictionary)
colloidal gel(medicine)
Colloidal(medicine)
colloidal metal(medicine)
colloidal dispersion(medicine)
colloidal solution(medicine)
colloidal gold reaction(medicine)

colloidal radioactive gold (medicine) and hierographic (medicine)


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.


hierographic (medicine)


hierographic -->
hierographical


Of or pertaining to sacred Writing.

Origin: L. Hierographicus, Gr., cf. F. Hierographique.

Source: Websters Dictionary