NOUN | act | radium therapy, Curietherapy | the use of radium in radiation therapy |
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Meaning | The use of radium in radiation therapy. | |
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Synonym | Curietherapy | |
Broader | radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation | (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance |
Spanish | radiumterapia | |
Catalan | radiumteràpia |
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