radioactive iodine uptake : Substance used in a radioactive iodine uptake test, a diagnostic procedure in which radioactive iodine is used to track and mea- sure its entry into __________ cells with a scanning instrument

Fill in the missing word in the definition for the key term.


thyroid gland

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