Defenition of the word irradiation
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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
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- actinotherapy
- radiation therapy
- radiotherapy
Hyponyms for the word irradiation
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- 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
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- condition
- generalisation
- generalization
- illusion
- light
- semblance
- spread
- spreading
- status
- stimulus generalisation
- stimulus generalization
- therapy
- visible light
- visible radiation
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