Meanings
- uncountablemedicineThe treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.
Apart from tuberculosis and open wounds, the other main indication found for actinotherapy was rickets.
1994, G. David Baxter, Costas Diamantopoulos, Therapeutic Lasers: Theory and Practice, page 52 more examples
I shall discuss in the following chapter the underlying principles and indications of actinotherapy in each of the diseases enumerated.
1917, Charles Herman Viol, William Herron Cameron, Radium, volumes 9-10, page 8The author reports a series of 160 cases of peritoneal and genital tuberculosis in the female, about half of which were treated by actinotherapy and heliotherapy, while the other half were given radiotherapy.
1946, Radiological Society of North America, Radiology, volume 47, page 209
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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Origin
Translations
Catalan actinoteràpia
- actinoteràpiatreatment of disease by ultraviolet light
French actinothérapie
- actinothérapietreatment of disease by ultraviolet light
Portuguese actinoterapia
- actinoterapiatreatment of disease by ultraviolet light
Romanian actinoterapie
- actinoterapietreatment of disease by ultraviolet light
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