Found 2 items, similar to radiotherapy.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: radiotherapy
radiotherapy
n : (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by
exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance [syn:
radiation therapy,
radiation,
actinotherapy,
irradiation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Radiotherapy
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]