irradiation - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

Synonyms

• actinotherapy
• irradiation
• radiation
• radiation therapy
• radiotherapy

More generic

• therapy

More specific

• Curietherapy
• X-ray therapy
• phototherapy
• radium therapy

Noun

(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus

Synonyms

• irradiation

More generic

• generalisation
• generalization
• stimulus generalisation
• stimulus generalization

Noun

the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background

Synonyms

• irradiation

More generic

• illusion
• semblance

Noun

(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex

Synonyms

• irradiation

More generic

• spread
• spreading

Noun

a column of light (as from a beacon)

Synonyms

• beam
• beam of light
• irradiation
• light beam
• ray
• ray of light
• shaft
• shaft of light

More generic

• light
• visible light
• visible radiation

More specific

• heat ray
• high beam
• laser beam
• low beam
• moon ray
• moon-ray
• moonbeam
• sunbeam
• sunray

Noun

the condition of being exposed to radiation

Synonyms

• irradiation

More generic

• condition
• status

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