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radiation therapy

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  • noun medicine The use of ionizing radiation to treat disease, especially cancer.

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  • noun (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. radiotherapy
  2. therapeutic radiology

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. therapy

hyponyms (4)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. X-ray therapy
  2. curietherapy
  3. phototherapy
  4. radium therapy

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