'Radiotherapy' definitions:
Definition of 'radiotherapy'
(from WordNet)
noun
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance [syn: radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation]
Definition of 'Radiotherapy'
From: GCIDE
- Radiotherapy \Ra`di*o*ther"a*py\ (r[=a]`d[i^]*[o^]*th[e^]r"[.a]*p[y^]), n. [Radio- + therapy.] (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'radiotherapy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- X-ray dosimetry,
- X-ray photometry,
- X-ray spectrometry,
- X-ray therapy