Definitions for radiotherapyˌreɪ di oʊˈθɛr ə pi
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ra•di•o•ther•a•pyˌreɪ di oʊˈθɛr ə pi(n.)
the treatment of disease by means of x-rays or radioactive substances.
Category: Medicine
Origin of radiotherapy:
1900–05
ra`di•o•ther′a•pist(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation(noun)
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Wiktionary
radiotherapy(Noun)
The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Radiotherapy
The use of IONIZING RADIATION to treat malignant NEOPLASMS and some benign conditions.
Translations for radiotherapy
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
radiotherapy(noun)
the treatment of disease by X-rays and other forms of radiation.
- radioterapieAfrikaans
- العِلاج بالإشْعاعArabic
- рентгенотерапияBulgarian
- radioterapiaPortuguese (BR)
- radioterapieCzech
- die StrahlentherapieGerman
- radioterapiDanish
- ακτινοθεραπείαGreek
- radioterapiaSpanish
- röntgenraviEstonian
- پرتو درمانیFarsi
- sädehoitoFinnish
- radiothérapieFrench
- רִיפּוּי בְּקרִינָהHebrew
- .एक्स-रे चित्रणHindi
- radioterapijaCroatian
- sugárkezelésHungarian
- radioterapiIndonesian
- geislameðferðIcelandic
- radioterapiaItalian
- 放射線療法Japanese
- 방사선 요법Korean
- radioterapijaLithuanian
- radioterapijaLatvian
- radioterapiMalay
- bestralingDutch
- strålebehandlingNorwegian
- radioterapiaPolish
- پرتو درمانیPersian
- دانكسريز يادراډيو اكټويټى دنورو لارو په ذريعه علاجPashto
- radioterapiaPortuguese
- radioterapieRomanian
- лучевая терапияRussian
- rádioliečbaSlovak
- radioterapijaSlovenian
- radioterapijaSerbian
- radioterapiSwedish
- รังสีบำบัดThai
- radyoterapi,ışın/şua tedavisiTurkish
- 放射治療Chinese (Trad.)
- радіотерапіяUkrainian
- تابکاری علاجUrdu
- phép chữa bằng tia XVietnamese
- 放射线疗法Chinese (Simp.)
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