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English noun: actinotherapy

1. actinotherapy (act) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance


Synonymsirradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy


Broader (hypernym)therapy


Narrower (hyponym)Curietherapy, phototherapy, radium therapy, X-ray therapy


Domain categorymedical specialty, medicine









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