"brachytherapy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brachytherapies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “not far off”) + θεραπεία (therapeía, “attendance, treatment, healing, service”); brachy- + therapy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|βραχύς|t=not far off}} Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “not far off”), {{m|grc|θεραπεία|t=attendance, treatment, healing, service}} θεραπεία (therapeía, “attendance, treatment, healing, service”), {{af|en|brachy-|therapy}} brachy- + therapy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brachytherapy (countable and uncountable, plural brachytherapies)
  1. Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources. Wikipedia link: brachytherapy Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Radioactivity Synonyms: internal radiotherapy, sealed course radiotherapy, curietherapy, endocurietherapy Derived forms: microbrachytherapy Translations (type of radiotherapy): curiethérapie (French), brachiterapia [feminine] (Italian), braquiterapia [feminine] (Portuguese), braquiterapia [feminine] (Spanish)

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