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Radionuclide vs Radiopharmaceutical - What's the difference?

radionuclide | radiopharmaceutical |

As nouns the difference between radionuclide and radiopharmaceutical

is that radionuclide is a radioactive nuclide while radiopharmaceutical is any radioactive substance used as a pharmaceutical.

radionuclide

English

(wikipedia radionuclide)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) a radioactive nuclide

    • Synonyms

    * radioisotope

    radiopharmaceutical

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any radioactive substance used as a pharmaceutical