radiotherapy
noun/ˌreɪdioʊˈθɛrəpi/
Frequency rank: #12,043 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
The treatment of disease, especially cancer, using radiation.
Example sentence
The doctors recommended radiotherapy to shrink the tumor before surgery.
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