radiotherapy

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

Italian: radioterapia (it) f Spanish: radioterapia f

See also

• brachytherapy
• teletherapy
• Roentgentherapy
• chemotherapy