SINCE 1828
actinotherapy
noun
ac·ti·no·ther·a·py
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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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