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Definition:

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance;

the act of spreading outward from a central source;

a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain;

the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats;

energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles;

the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay;

syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and;

Hyponyms: phototherapy, radium therapy, Curietherapy, X-ray therapy, bombardment, adaptive radiation, ionizing radiation, cosmic radiation, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation, solar radiation, corpuscular radiation, particulate radiation

Derivational Morphology: radiate, ray, diversify

Anagrams: adoration, tradition

Language Translations:
Danish: stråling		Finnish: säteily
French: radiation		German: Strahlung
Hungarian: sugárzás		Italian: radiazione
Russian: излучение		Slovene: sevanje
Turkish: Radyasyon		Welsh: pelydriad

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