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GAMMA-CAMERA


origination date: 31/05/2002
originator: Carlos
subject field: medicine:instrument
check date: 24/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISADIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-ENERGY-USED
ANCESTORSALL
ARTIFACT
DEVICE
DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-ENERGY-USED
INANIMATE
MEDICAL-DEVICE
OBJECT
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY


English
gamma cameraterm type: main entry term
number: plural
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
definition: instrument used to detect radioactive substances in the body. These radioactive substances, which cluster on that part of the body where cells are dividing rapidly, are used to identify tumours. (en)

Spanish
gammacámaraterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
gender: feminine
definition: instrumento que se emplea para detectar sustancias radiactivas en el cuerpo. Estas sustancias radiactivas, que se concentran en las partes del cuerpo en las que las células se están dividiendo con rapidez, se utilizan para identificar tumores. (es)