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