radiotherapy

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noun

Synonym of radiation therapy.

Similar
radiation therapyradiationactinotherapyirradiation
OriginEnglish therapy ← New Latin therapīa ← Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía) →
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Meanings

nounradiotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural radiotherapies)

plural radiotherapies

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of radiation therapy.

    Synonyms: radiation therapy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of radiation therapy.

Similar
radiation therapy

More synonyms by meaning

noun(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

Similar
radiation therapyradiationactinotherapyirradiation
Broader
therapytreatment
Also see
actinotherapyirradiationradiationradiation therapy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinradius
  2. Englishradio-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  4. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  5. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  6. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  7. New Latintherapīa
  8. Englishtherapy
  9. Englishradiotherapy

From radio- + therapy.

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Translations

Arabic عِلَاج بِالأَشِعَّة
  • عِلَاج بِالأَشِعَّة (ʕilāj bi-l-ʔašiʕʕa)therapeutic use of radiation
Catalan radioteràpia
  • radioteràpiatherapeutic use of radiation
Chinese Mandarin 放射治療 /放射治疗
  • 放射治療 /放射治疗 (fàngshè zhìliáo)therapeutic use of radiation
Czech radioterapie
  • radioterapietherapeutic use of radiation
Dutch radiotherapie, bestraling
  • radiotherapietherapeutic use of radiation
  • bestralingtherapeutic use of radiation
Esperanto radioterapio
  • radioterapiotherapeutic use of radiation
Finnish sädehoito
  • sädehoitotherapeutic use of radiation
French radiothérapie
  • radiothérapietherapeutic use of radiation
German Radiotherapie
  • Radiotherapietherapeutic use of radiation
Hungarian radioterápia, sugárterápia
  • radioterápiatherapeutic use of radiation
  • sugárterápiatherapeutic use of radiation
  • sugárkezeléstherapeutic use of radiation
Italian radioterapia
  • radioterapiatherapeutic use of radiation
Māori haumanu iratuke
  • haumanu iratuketherapeutic use of radiation
Norwegian Bokmål strålebehandling
  • strålebehandlingtherapeutic use of radiation
Persian پرتودرمانی, رادیوتراپی
  • پرتودرمانی (partow-darmâni)therapeutic use of radiation
  • رادیوتراپی (râdiyoterâpi)therapeutic use of radiation
Polish radioterapia
  • radioterapiatherapeutic use of radiation
Portuguese radioterapia
  • radioterapiatherapeutic use of radiation
Russian радиотерапия
  • радиотерапия (radioterapija)therapeutic use of radiation
Spanish radioterapia
  • radioterapiatherapeutic use of radiation
Swahili tibaredio, tiba ya mionzi
  • tibarediotherapeutic use of radiation
  • tiba ya mionzitherapeutic use of radiation
Tagalog radyoterapya
  • radyoterapyatherapeutic use of radiation
Turkish şua tedavisi, ışın tedavisi
  • şua tedavisitherapeutic use of radiation
  • ışın tedavisitherapeutic use of radiation
Vietnamese xạ trị
  • xạ trịtherapeutic use of radiation
Cite this entry
APA

radiotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiotherapy

MLA

“radiotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiotherapy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radiotherapy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiotherapy.

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