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irradiation vs radium therapy

radium therapy vs irradiation

irradiation and radium therapy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
irradiation Yes No No No
radium therapy Yes No No No
As nouns, radium therapy is a hyponym of irradiation; that is, radium therapy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than irradiation:
  • irradiation: (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
  • radium therapy: the use of radium in radiation therapy
Other hyponyms of irradiation include phototherapy, Curietherapy, X-ray therapy.
irradiation (noun) radium therapy (noun)
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance the use of radium in radiation therapy
the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
(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
Difference between irradiation and radium therapy

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