(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background | punishment for one's actions |
(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
a column of light (as from a beacon) | |
the condition of being exposed to radiation | |