radiotherapyn.

Brit.

/ˌreɪdɪəʊˈθɛrəpi/, U.S.

/ˌreɪdioʊˈθɛrəpi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: radio- comb. form², therapy n.

Etymology: < radio- comb. form² + therapy n., perhaps after French radiothérapie (1898 or earlier). Compare German Radiotherapie (1903 or earlier), Italian radioterapia (1903). Compare earlier radiotherapeutics n.

The treatment of disease, esp. cancer, by means of X-rays and other forms of ionizing radiation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by radiation > [noun]

radiotherapeutics1897

irradiation1901

radiotherapy1902

ray therapy1912

radiation treatment1913

radiation therapy1922

radiosurgery1951

1902 Lancet 26 July 252/1 He believed that the popular dread of those so-called burns and the importance attached to them in radio-therapy by physicians have been over-estimated.

1903 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 149 325/1 He had been interested in comparing the effects of phototherapy and radiotherapy.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 287/3 These will become available in source strength varying from kilocurie sources of radiocaesium for use in radiotherapy to megacurie sources for industrial applications.

1974 ‘H. Carmichael’ Motive iv. 47 Dr. Egan will see you. He's in the Radio-Therapy department.

1993 Independent on Sunday 5 Sept. 2/7 Hundreds—possibly thousands—of women..have been left permanently damaged by radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer.

2003 Guardian 2 Dec. i. 7/8 Scientists at Cancer Research UK have helped develop a ‘microbeam’ that could revolutionise radiotherapy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	radiotherapy
释义	radiotherapyn. Brit. /ˌreɪdɪəʊˈθɛrəpi/, U.S. /ˌreɪdioʊˈθɛrəpi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: radio- comb. form², therapy n. Etymology: < radio- comb. form² + therapy n., perhaps after French radiothérapie (1898 or earlier). Compare German Radiotherapie (1903 or earlier), Italian radioterapia (1903). Compare earlier radiotherapeutics n. The treatment of disease, esp. cancer, by means of X-rays and other forms of ionizing radiation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by radiation > [noun] radiotherapeutics1897 irradiation1901 radiotherapy1902 ray therapy1912 radiation treatment1913 radiation therapy1922 radiosurgery1951 1902 Lancet 26 July 252/1 He believed that the popular dread of those so-called burns and the importance attached to them in radio-therapy by physicians have been over-estimated. 1903 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 149 325/1 He had been interested in comparing the effects of phototherapy and radiotherapy. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 287/3 These will become available in source strength varying from kilocurie sources of radiocaesium for use in radiotherapy to megacurie sources for industrial applications. 1974 ‘H. Carmichael’ Motive iv. 47 Dr. Egan will see you. He's in the Radio-Therapy department. 1993 Independent on Sunday 5 Sept. 2/7 Hundreds—possibly thousands—of women..have been left permanently damaged by radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer. 2003 Guardian 2 Dec. i. 7/8 Scientists at Cancer Research UK have helped develop a ‘microbeam’ that could revolutionise radiotherapy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902
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