radiopharmacyn.
/ˌreɪdɪəʊˈfɑːməsi/, U.S. /ˌreɪdioʊˈfɑrməsi/ 1. The preparation and dispensing of radiopharmaceuticals.
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radiopharmacy1963
1963 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmaceut. Educ. 27 136/2 Faculty Forum in Radiopharmacy... A course in radiopharmacy is rapidly becoming an essential one in the curriculum of an undergraduate pharmacy major.
1976 M. Tubis in M. Tubis & W. Wolf Radiopharmacy xv. 406 Radiopharmacy..is the science and art of preparing and dispensing the labeled compounds of pharmaceutical quality that are used in nuclear medicine for diagnosis and therapy.
2005 J. Doherty & D. Graham in P. F. Sharp et al. Pract. Nucl. Med. vii. 113 Radiopharmacy has become firmly established as a specialist branch of the hospital pharmaceutical service.
2. A laboratory or other establishment for the preparation and dispensing of radiopharmaceuticals.
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1968 Drug Intelligence 2 12/2 The amount of research and development activity to be undertaken by a radiopharmacy is dependent upon the needs of the nuclear medicine group.
1977 K. Kristensen et al. Quality Control in Nucl. Med. xxxiii. 271/1 The radiopharmacy should be designed so that dispensing and radioactive waste handling do not interfere with or contaminate each other.
1997 Nucl. Med. Communications 18 887 The preparation of radiopharmaceuticals in central radiopharmacies for distribution to several hospitals is practised widely.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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