radiotherapeuticsn.
/ˌreɪdɪəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks/, U.S. /ˌreɪdioʊˌθɛrəˈpjudɪks/ = radiotherapy n.
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radiotherapeutics1897
irradiation1901
radiotherapy1902
ray therapy1912
radiation treatment1913
radiation therapy1922
radiosurgery1951
1897 Treatment 1 43/1 (heading) Radiography, radioscopy, and radiotherapeutics.
1928 Times 25 July 15/2 What has given to radio-therapeutics its general, and in so many spheres far-reaching importance is the circumstance and the fact that radiation is capable of supplying the organism with a contribution of energy in its struggle against the morbid process.
1975 Nature 13 Mar. 97/1 The Medical Research Council is to set up a new unit for research in clinical oncology and radio~therapeutics at Cambridge.
2005 Internat. Jrnl. Gynecol. Cancer 15 Suppl. No. 3. 226 In essence, dose densification is ‘accelerated therapy’ (a commonly used phrase in radiotherapeutics) and is a form of dose intensification.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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