CURIETHERAPY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of radium in radiation therapy

Synonyms:

Curietherapy; radium therapy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Curietherapy" is a kind of...):

actinotherapy; irradiation; radiation; radiation therapy; radiotherapy ((medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance)

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