Radiate
To spread out from a central area. For example, sciatic pain may radiate outward from the lower back.
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Prenatal radiation exposure.
- Radiation fibrosis
Scarring of the lungs from radiation. Radiation fibrosis is a consequence of the repair process that follows radiation pneumonitis (inflammation of the lungs due to radiation), as from radiation therapy. Radiation fibrosis typically occurs within months to a few years after the completion of radiation treatments. Whereas the inflammation of radiation pneumonitis is often reversible […]
- Radiation menopause
Menopause induced by radiation.
- Radiation oncologist
A physician whose specialty is the use of radiation therapy as a treatment for cancer.
- Radiation oncology
The medical specialty that is involved in the use of radiation (X-rays, gamma rays, or electrons) to treat cancer.