target organ

1. 1.

   (radiology) organ intended to receive the therapeutic dose of a radioactive substance

   Broaderorgan

   radiology

Questions about target organ

What does target organ mean?

target organ means "(radiology) organ intended to receive the therapeutic dose of a radioactive substance".

Is target organ a common word?

target organ is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.