Another name for a radioactive drug is a ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


radiopharmaceutical

A radiopharmaceutical is a radioactive drug. The term deconstructs into two suffixes: -ical meaning pertaining to and -ceut- meaning relating to and two root/combining forms: radi/o- meaning radiation and -pharm/a- meaning drug industry.

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