Radiotherapy

Common synonyms include: radiation therapy, actinotherapy, atom-tagging, cobalt therapy, curiescopy, curietherapy.

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Synonym of radiation therapy. countable, uncountable
2
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance wordnet

"Her first course of treatment was radiotherapy."

From radio- + therapy.