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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
radioisotope

1946, from radio-, comb. form of radiation, + isotope.

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radioisotope

n. (context physics English) a radioactive isotope of an element

WordNet
radioisotope

n. a radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially

Usage examples of "radioisotope".

Most of the biological danger of a reactor meltdown comes from alpha radiation emitted by particulate radioisotopes in the air or water.

Gaudet used the time well, exploring every portion of the radiology wing and the neighboring radioisotope studies lab.

This depends on injecting very short-lived and presumably non-hazardous radioisotopes into the bloodstream and then detecting, by means of their emission of positrons, where they are in the brain at times up to half an hour or so after injection.

Such processes are incapable of selecting radioisotopes to use for the manufacture of enzymes.

Chemically the enzyme will behave the same whether it has radioisotopes in it or not.

So, how could the enzyme have selected radioisotopes to build into itself?