Synonyms for tracer
ˈtreɪ sərtrac·er

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1. tracernoun

   an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods

   Synonyms:
   tracer bullet

2. tracernoun

   an instrument used to make tracings

   Synonyms:
   tracer bullet

3. tracernoun

   (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes

   Synonyms:
   tracer bullet

4. tracer, tracer bulletnoun

   ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke

   Synonyms:
   tracer bullet

Matched Categories

1. • Ammunition
   • Detective
   • Instrument
   • Radioisotope
   • Radiology

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1. List of paraphrases for "tracer":

   tracers, witness, anklet, tracker, plotter, marker, tell-tale

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How to use tracer in a sentence?

1. Michel Goedert:

   Our new knowledge of these structures could make it possible to diagnose CTE in living patients by developing tracer compounds that will specifically bind to the tau filaments of CTE.

2. Robert Stern:

   We can refine our ways of analyzing this tracer in this larger sample and hopefully move this field even further.