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brachytherapy

/ˌbɹækiˈθɛrəpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
brachyther-a-py
IPA
/ˌbɹækiˈθɛrəpi/
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short, not far off”) + θεραπεία (therapeía, “attendance, treatment, healing, service”); brachy- + therapy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: βραχύς

Usage

Inflected Forms

brachytherapies (plural)

Derived Forms

microbrachytherapy

Frequently Paired Words

teletherapy

Synonyms

internal radiotherapy sealed course radiotherapy curietherapy endocurietherapy

Questions

How do you pronounce brachytherapy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbɹækiˈθɛrəpi/.
What does brachytherapy mean?
Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.
Where does brachytherapy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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