radiotherapy equipment
- noun
- /ˌreɪdiəʊˈθɛrəpi ɪˈkwɪpmənt/
- Specialized
:
equipo de radioterapia
- The hospital invested in new radiotherapy equipment to improve treatment outcomes for cancer patients.
Examples
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As a result, with modern radiotherapy equipment and techniques, the dose outside the target volume can often be quite tolerable even when dose levels within the target volume are high enough to provide a substantial probability of tumor control.
Academic text (2002) -
Requested radiotherapy equipment, chemotherapy drugs, and analgesics are consistently blocked by the Security Council's '661 Committee.'
Academic text (2003) -
After assessing the patient, the oncologist decided to use advanced radiotherapy equipment for her cancer treatment.
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The clinic's radiotherapy equipment is designed to deliver precise doses of radiation directly to tumors.
Synonyms
A machine that uses gamma rays from cobalt-60 to treat cancer
A machine that uses radiation to kill germs on objects or to treat people
How Advanced
- Specialized
1
7.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'machines used to treat cancer with radiation' is directly and compositionally derived from 'radiotherapy' (radiation treatment) + 'equipment' (machines/objects). This is a straightforward noun–noun compound that follows normal English composition and is neither idiomatic nor metaphorical, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Radiotherapy equipment comes from the words radiotherapy and equipment and creates a clear image of machines that send strong rays such as X-rays to hit and damage tiny cancer cells. That's why it means the machines used to 'treat' illness with focused radiation.