irradiation
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1. (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | therapy, |
| definition | : | (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | phototherapy, |
| definition | : | the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | x-ray therapy, |
| definition | : | the therapeutic use of X rays (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
2. (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus (noun.cognition)
3. the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | illusion, semblance, |
| definition | : | an erroneous mental representation (noun.cognition) |
4. (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | spread, spreading, |
| definition | : | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space (noun.event) |
| domain category | : | physiology, |
| definition | : | the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition) |
5. a column of light (as from a beacon) (noun.phenomenon)
| hyponym | : | heat ray, |
| definition | : | a ray that produces a thermal effect (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | high beam, |
| definition | : | the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | sunbeam, sunray, |
| definition | : | a ray of sunlight (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | laser beam, |
| definition | : | a beam of light generated by a laser (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | low beam, |
| definition | : | the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance (noun.phenomenon) |
6. the condition of being exposed to radiation (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | condition, status, |
| definition | : | a state at a particular time (noun.state) |
7. (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance (noun.act)
| derivation | : | radiologist, radiotherapist, |
| definition | : | a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease (noun.person) |
8. a column of light (as from a beacon) (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | irradiate, |
| definition | : | cast rays of light upon (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | beam, shine, |
| definition | : | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light (verb.weather) |
| derivation | : | ray, |
| definition | : | emit as rays (verb.weather) |
9. the condition of being exposed to radiation (noun.state)
| derivation | : | irradiate, ray, |
| definition | : | expose to radiation (verb.change) |
10. (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance (noun.act)
| derivation | : | radiologist, radiotherapist, |
| definition | : | a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease (noun.person) |
11. a column of light (as from a beacon) (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | irradiate, |
| definition | : | cast rays of light upon (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | beam, shine, |
| definition | : | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light (verb.weather) |
| derivation | : | ray, |
| definition | : | emit as rays (verb.weather) |
12. the condition of being exposed to radiation (noun.state)
| derivation | : | irradiate, ray, |
| definition | : | expose to radiation (verb.change) |
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