PHOTOTHERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phototherapy mean? 

• PHOTOTHERAPY (noun)
  The noun PHOTOTHERAPY has 1 sense:

1. the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn

  Familiarity information: PHOTOTHERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOTOTHERAPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

 Context examples 

Phototherapy can use lasers, LED, fluorescent lamps, and ultraviolet or infrared radiation.

(Phototherapy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called phototherapy.

(Light therapy, NCI Dictionary)

The researchers also observed high concentrations of PBs (greater than 100ng/g) in several items, such as the protective eye covers used when administering phototherapy to the baby, the aforementioned patterned transparent film dressings (surgical tape), intravenous catheters, and the intravenous infusion extension kit.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)