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bone-seeker

bone-seeker is the alternative form of boneseeker.

Meaning of boneseeker

Noun

boneseeker (plural boneseekers)

  1. Any element, especially a radioisotope, that has a tendency to accumulate in bones.
    • Some isotopes that are not alpha-emitters are also "bone[-]seekers," and are not well eliminated. The result is that even a small quantity of these materials, retained in the body, may lead to depression of bone marrow activity, and to serious bone lesions.1954 September 1, Subcommittee on Protection against Radiations from Radium, Cobalt-60, and Cesium-137 Encapsulated Sources, “General Considerations”, in Protection from Radiations from Radium...

Forms of bone-seeker

pluralbone-seekers

Questions about bone-seeker

What is bone-seeker the alternative form of?
Bone-seeker is the alternative form of boneseeker.

Words near bone-seeker in the dictionary

  1. bone-mouths
  2. bone-on
  3. bone-ons
  4. bone-picker
  5. bone-pickers
  6. bone-seeker
  7. bone-seekers
  8. bone-shaker
  9. bone-shakers
  10. bone-shaking
  11. bone-shakingly

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