English noun: radiation therapy | |||
1. | radiation therapy (act) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | ||
Synonyms | actinotherapy, irradiation, radiation, radiotherapy | ||
Broader (hypernym) | therapy | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Curietherapy, phototherapy, radium therapy, X-ray therapy | ||
Domain category | medical specialty, medicine | ||