Definition of Radiation therapy

1. Noun. (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance.

Exact synonyms: Actinotherapy, Irradiation, Radiation, Radiotherapy
Generic synonyms: Therapy
Specialized synonyms: Phototherapy, Curietherapy, Radium Therapy, X-ray Therapy
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Derivative terms: Radiotherapist

Medical Definition of Radiation therapy

1. Treatment with high energy radiation from X-rays or other sources of radiation. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiation Therapy

radiation myelopathy
radiation of corpus callosum
radiation oncologist
radiation oncology
radiation pattern
radiation physicist
radiation pneumonitis
radiation poisoning
radiation pressure
radiation pyrometer
radiation risks
radiation sickness
radiation sickness
radiation syndrome
radiation therapy (current term)
radiation therapy (current term)
radiation tolerance
radiation weighting factor
radiatio acustica
radiatio corporis callosi
radiatio optica
radiatio pyramidalis
radiative
radiative
radiator
radiator
radiators
radiator cap
radiator grille
radiator hose

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