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radiotherapy, radiation therapy, actinotherapy, irradiation, radioactivity, radiation sickness, radiation syndrome 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
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