ˌradiotheraˈpeutic, n. pl. and a.
Also with hyphen.
[f. radio- 2 + therapeutic a.]
A. n. pl. = radiotherapy. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or employing radiotherapy. Hence ˌradiotheraˈpeutically adv.; † ˌradiotheraˈpeutist = radiotherapist.
| 1897 Treatment I. 43/1 (heading) Radiography, radioscopy, and radiotherapeutics. 1904 Bristol Medico-Chirurg. Jrnl. XXII. 43 What this variation is is a question for the radio-therapeutists to solve. 1906 Arch. Roentgen Ray XI. 20/1 It is to be hoped that in radiotherapeutic practice the use of the dosimeter may become universal. Ibid. 20/2 Radio-therapeutists are divided into..those who believe in the large (so-called) measured dose, and those who administer small unmeasured doses at intervals. 1932 Discovery Aug. 255/2 The report urges the establishment of radio⁓therapeutic centres associated with large general hospitals. 1937 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. XXXIV. 50 In the surgically or radiotherapeutically induced menopause, much can be done by prophylactic psychotherapy. 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. 1977 Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXX. 591/2 This is a very comprehensive review of the present state of knowledge of the investigation and treatment, medical, surgical and radiotherapeutic, of these lesions. |