actinotherapy

Noun

Meaning

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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Synonyms

radiation irradiation radiotherapy radiation therapy physiotherapy phototherapy naturopathy dosimetry climatotherapy pharmacotherapy radium therapy iodotherapy bacteriotherapy arsenotherapy hemotherapy
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Hypernyms

therapy

Hyponyms

phototherapy curietherapy X-ray therapy radium therapy

Related terms

actinism actinotherapeutic actinotherapeutics

Close letter words and terms

actinote actinotherapeutic actinotherapeutics actinotoxin actinotrich actinotrichium