RADIUM THERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radium therapy mean? 

• RADIUM THERAPY (noun)
  The noun RADIUM THERAPY has 1 sense:

1. the use of radium in radiation therapy

  Familiarity information: RADIUM THERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIUM THERAPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of radium in radiation therapy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Curietherapy; radium therapy

Hypernyms ("radium therapy" is a kind of...):

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