Bone Scan at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Bone Scan? A technique to create images of bones on a computer screen or on film. A small amount of radioactive material is injected into a blood vessel and travels through the bloodstream; it collects in the bones and is detected by a scanner.

Medical Term & Definition Added By: Christopher

Send To Friends!

If you'd like to send the Bone Scan definition to yourself or to your friends/colleagues, just enter the e-mail addresses in the boxes below -

We hope you now understand the meaning of Bone Scan. If you need any more information on this term, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Other Similar Drugs Terms:

Prescription Drugs Term premalignant is A term used to describe a condition that may (or is likely to) become cancer. Also called precancerous.

Prescription Drugs Term pravastatin (PRA-vuh-stat-in) is A drug that lowers the amount of cholesterol in the blood. It may also make tumor cells more sensitive to anticancer drugs, and is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the families of drugs called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins)

Prescription Drugs Term Ribozyme is An RNA molecule that catalyzes RNA splicing.

Prescription Drugs Term Physical Manipulation is A process other than a chemical reaction that may change the purity of the physical properties of the material, including but not limited to, crystallization, recrystallization, gel filtration, chromatography, milling, drying, or blending.

Prescription Drugs Term nasoscopy is A procedure in which a thin, lighted tube is inserted into the nose to look for abnormal areas. Also called rhinoscopy.