"bone seeker" meaning in English

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      "form": "bone seekers",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "boneseeker"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985, G. Schoeters, R. Van Den Heuvel, O. Vanderborght, “The Study of Damage to Bone Marrow Cells as a Biological Dosimeter after Contamination with Osteotropic α Emitters”, in Nicholas D. Priest, editor, Metals in Bone: Proceedings of a EULEP Symposium on the Deposition, Retention and Effects of Radioactive and Stable Metals in Bone and Bone Marrow Tissues, October 11th–13th 1984, Angers, France, Lancaster, Hingham, Mass.: MTP Press for the Commission for the European Communities, →DOI, page 59",
          "text": "These studies demonstrated that beside radionuclide retention anatomical and physiological factors affect the induction of radiation damage from incorporating α-emitting bone seekers to bone marrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, “Human Exposure”, in C. Richard Cothern, James E. Smith, Jr., editors, Environmental Radon (Environmental Science Research; 35), New York, N.Y., London: Plenum Press, section 5.1.2. (Uptake of Radon Progeny), page 132",
          "text": "Lead is a bone seeker; it is found in bone mineral with a 70% higher level in cancellous bone than in compact bone.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of boneseeker"
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  "word": "bone seeker"
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      "form": "bone seekers",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985, G. Schoeters, R. Van Den Heuvel, O. Vanderborght, “The Study of Damage to Bone Marrow Cells as a Biological Dosimeter after Contamination with Osteotropic α Emitters”, in Nicholas D. Priest, editor, Metals in Bone: Proceedings of a EULEP Symposium on the Deposition, Retention and Effects of Radioactive and Stable Metals in Bone and Bone Marrow Tissues, October 11th–13th 1984, Angers, France, Lancaster, Hingham, Mass.: MTP Press for the Commission for the European Communities, →DOI, page 59",
          "text": "These studies demonstrated that beside radionuclide retention anatomical and physiological factors affect the induction of radiation damage from incorporating α-emitting bone seekers to bone marrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, “Human Exposure”, in C. Richard Cothern, James E. Smith, Jr., editors, Environmental Radon (Environmental Science Research; 35), New York, N.Y., London: Plenum Press, section 5.1.2. (Uptake of Radon Progeny), page 132",
          "text": "Lead is a bone seeker; it is found in bone mineral with a 70% higher level in cancellous bone than in compact bone.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of boneseeker"
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