1.
[syn: radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Radiotherapy \Ra`di*o*ther"a*py\
(r[=a]`d[i^]*[o^]*th[e^]r"[.a]*p[y^]), n. [Radio- + therapy.]
(Med.)
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
radiotherapy
n 1: (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by
exposure to a radioactive substance [syn: radiotherapy,
radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy,
irradiation]