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Defenition of the word irradiation

    • Defenition of the word irradiation

      • Exposure to or treatment with light or other electromagnetic radiation or with beams of particles.
      • the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation
      • (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance
      • (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
      • the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
      • (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
      • a column of light (as from a beacon)
      • the condition of being exposed to radiation
      • (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

    Synonyms for the word irradiation

      • actinotherapy
      • radiation therapy
      • radiotherapy

    Hyponyms for the word irradiation

      • Curietherapy
      • heat ray
      • high beam
      • laser beam
      • low beam
      • moon ray
      • moon-ray
      • moonbeam
      • phototherapy
      • radium therapy
      • sunbeam
      • sunray
      • X-ray therapy

    Hypernyms for the word irradiation

      • condition
      • generalisation
      • generalization
      • illusion
      • light
      • semblance
      • spread
      • spreading
      • status
      • stimulus generalisation
      • stimulus generalization
      • therapy
      • visible light
      • visible radiation

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