actinotherapy

noun

ac·ti·no·ther·a·py | \ -ˈther-ə-pē

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plural actinotherapies

Medical Definition of actinotherapy

: application for therapeutic purposes of the chemically active rays of the electromagnetic spectrum (as ultraviolet light or X-rays)

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