radiotherapy

English

Etymology

radio- +‎ therapy

Noun

radiotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural radiotherapies)

1. The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease.

Synonyms

• radiation therapy

Derived terms

• radiotherapist

Translations

therapeutic use of radiation

• Catalan: radioteràpia f
• Czech: radioterapie (cs) f
• Dutch: radiotherapie (nl) f, bestraling (nl) f
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• Italian: radioterapia (it) f
• Kazakh: рентгенология (rentgenologiä)
• Spanish: radioterapia f

See also

• brachytherapy
• teletherapy
• Roentgentherapy
• chemotherapy