Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tomotherapy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: to-mother-a-py
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

radiation therapy delivered in "slices" in the manner of tomography

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This article will review the application of two forms of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), fixed-field IMRT and helical tomotherapy (HT) in lung cancer, including dosimetric and clinical studies."

Etymology

From tomo- + therapy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tomo

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tomotherapy mean?: radiation therapy delivered in "slices" in the manner of tomography
Where does tomotherapy come from?: From tomo- + therapy.

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