Radiotherapy

n.

1.

(Med.) 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.

Noun

1.

radiotherapy - (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance Synonyms: actinotherapy, radiation therapy, irradiation, radiation

X-ray dosimetry, X-ray photometry, X-ray spectrometry, X-ray therapy, atom-tagging, cobalt therapy, curiescopy, curietherapy, fluoroscopy, interstitial irradiation therapy, irradiation, irradiation therapy, isotope therapy, orthodiagraphy, photofluorography, radiation physics, radiation therapy, radiobiology, radiochemistry, radiography, radiological physics, radiology, radiometallography, radiometry, radiopathology, radioscopy, radiotechnology, radiotherapeutics, radium therapy, radiumization, ray therapy, roentgen ray therapy, roentgenization, roentgenography, roentgenology, roentgenometry, roentgenoscopy, roentgenotherapy, roentgentherapy, spectroradiometry, tracer investigation

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