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Noun: iodine-131
  1. Heavy radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 8 days; used in a sodium salt to diagnose thyroid disease and to treat goitre

Type of: atomic number 53, I, iodin, iodine, radioisotope, radionuclide

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