"actinotherapy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1917, Charles Herman Viol, William Herron Cameron, Radium, volumes 9-10, page 8:",
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          "ref": "1946, Radiological Society of North America, Radiology, volume 47, page 209:",
          "text": "The author reports a series of 160 cases of peritoneal and genital tuberculosis in the female, about half of which were treated by actinotherapy and heliotherapy, while the other half were given radiotherapy.",
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        "(medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy."
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          "sense": "treatment of disease by ultraviolet light",
          "word": "ಬೆಳಕಿರ್ಪುಮಾಂಜುಗೆ"
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