D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Radiotherapy

/(rā`dĭ*ŏ*thĕr"ȧ*py̆)/ · Ra·di·o·ther·a·py · IPA
01 n. Treatment of disease by means of x-rays or radioactivity. Radiotherapy of cancer is based on the fact that cancer cells are more sensitive…
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    Treatment of disease by means of x-rays or radioactivity. Radiotherapy of cancer is based on the fact that cancer cells are more sensitive to radiation than most other cells in the body.(Med.)