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teletherapy
teletherapy n.
Brit. 
/ˈtɛlᵻˌθɛrəpi/
, /ˈtɛlᵻˌθɛrəpi/U.S. /ˈtɛləˌθɛrəpi/
Medicine †(a) spiritual healing (obsolete rare); (b) radiotherapy using a source of radiation located at a distance from the patient.Sense (a) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries./ˈtɛləˌθɛrəpi/ΘΚΠ
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teletherapy1911
telecurietherapy1928
1911 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. 868/1 Teletherapy, the ‘absent treatment’ of Christian scientists and mental healers.
1929 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 May 845/1 In teletherapy proper the radium is employed at distances as great as 16 cm.
1974 Nature 11 Oct. 521/2 Hyperthermia in conjunction with readily available radiation sources (such as cobalt teletherapy units..) might provide some of the same advantages as heavy particle therapy.
2010 F. M. Khan Physics Radiation Therapy (ed. 4) xi. 184 Since the individualized system economizes on the beam output, it is preferred for use in cobalt teletherapy.
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