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放射線療法 (ほうしゃせんりょうほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

放ほう射しゃ線せん療りょう法ほう

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Meanings

1

radiation therapy; radiotherapy

Medical term for treatment using ionizing radiation, commonly used in oncology.

彼かれはがんの治ち療りょうのために放ほう射しゃ線

せん

療りょう

法ほう

を

受う

け

た

。

He received radiation therapy for cancer treatment.

Kanji

放set free, release, fire
射shoot, shine into, onto
線line, track
療heal, cure
法method, law, rule

Related words

化か学がく療りょう法ほう
化学療法 refers to chemotherapy, using drugs to treat cancer, while 放射線療法 uses radiation.
放ほう射しゃ線せん治ち療りょう
放射線治療 is a more general term for radiation treatment, often used interchangeably with 放射線療法 in medical contexts.

Word family

化か学がく放ほう射しゃ線せん療りょう法ほう
chemoradiotherapy

Etymology

Compound of 放射線 (radiation) + 療法 (therapy).

Built from

放ほう射しゃ線せん+療りょう法ほう