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radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
(noun) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
radiotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural radiotherapies)
The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease.
• radiation therapy
Source: Wiktionary
Ra`di*o*ther"a*py, n. [Radio-+ therapy.] (Med.)
Definition: Treatment of disease by means of Röntgen rays or other forms of radioactivity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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