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Radiotherapy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Treatment of disease with radiation, especially by selective irradiation with x-rays or other ionizing radiation and by ingestion of radioisotopes.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Treatment of disease by means of x-rays or radioactivity. Radiotherapy of cancer is based on the fact that cancer cells are more sensitive to radiation than most other cells in the body.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Treatment of disease by any of the forms of radioactivity.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"As part of a curative approach to mesothelioma radiotherapy is also commonly applied to the sites of chest drain insertion, in order to prevent growth of the tumor along the track in the chest wall."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

therapy

Cross Reference

teletherapy brachytherapy Roentgentherapy chemotherapy

Hyponym

phototherapy X-ray therapy curietherapy radium therapy

Form

radiotherapist

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

radiation therapy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

chemotherapy immunotherapy inwnity resection biopsy