the act of spreading outward from a central source | 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 |
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | punishment for one's actions |
a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles | |
the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay | |
syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours | |