Noun Definition

irradiation

1.Definition: (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

Related Noun(s):actinotherapy, radiation, radiotherapy

Category: General

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

Category: General

3.Definition: (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex

Category: General

4.Definition: a column of light (as from a beacon)

Related Noun(s):beam, ray, shaft

Category: General

5.Definition: the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background

Category: General

6.Definition: the condition of being exposed to radiation

Category: General