"radiosurgery" meaning in English

See radiosurgery in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: radiosurgeries [plural]
Etymology: radio- + surgery Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|radio|surgery}} radio- + surgery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} radiosurgery (countable and uncountable, plural radiosurgeries)
  1. (surgery) The use of a directed beam of X-rays or other ionizing radiation to destroy diseased tissue. Wikipedia link: radiosurgery Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-radiosurgery-en-noun-zJCvqZOf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with radio- Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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