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noun
Synonym of radiation therapy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: radiation therapy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: therapy
Narrower terms: phototherapy, radium therapy, Curietherapy, X-ray therapy
History
Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English radiotherapy From radio- + therapy.
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