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Noun: radiotherapy  `rey-dee-ow'the-ru-pee
  1. (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
    "radiosensitive cancer cells can be treated with radiotherapy"
    - radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation

Derived forms: radiotherapies

See also: radiotherapist

Type of: therapy

Encyclopedia: Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, adjuvant

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