radiotherapy

[rey-dee-oh-ther-uh-pee]

ra·di·o·ther·a·py

[rey-dee-oh-ther-uh-pee]
noun Medicine/Medical.
treatment of disease by means of x-rays or of radioactive substances.
Also called radiation therapy.


Origin:
1900–05; radio- + therapy

ra·di·o·ther·a·pist, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To radiotherapy

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Radiotherapy is always a great word to know.
So is carpal. Does it mean:
the tongue.
any of the bones of the wrist.
Collins
World English Dictionary
radiotherapy (ˌreɪdɪəʊˈθɛrəpɪ)
 
n
Compare chemotherapy the treatment of disease, esp cancer, by means of alpha or beta particles emitted from an implanted or ingested radioisotope, or by means of a beam of high-energy radiation
 
radiotherapeutic
 
adj
 
radiothera'peutically
 
adv
 
radio'therapist
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

radiotherapy ra·di·o·ther·a·py (rā'dē-ō-thěr'ə-pē)
n.
Treatment of disease with radiation, especially by selective irradiation with x-rays or other ionizing radiation and by ingestion of radioisotopes.


ra'di·o·ther'a·pist n.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT