radium therapy


noun
  1. treatment of disease by means of radium.

Origin of radium therapy

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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British Dictionary definitions for radium therapy

radium therapy

noun
  1. treatment of disease, esp cancer, by exposing affected tissues to radiation from radium

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