Quantitative Concept
radiotherapy dosage
ra·di·o·ther·a·py dos·age
Subclass of:
Therapeutic radiology procedure
Definitions related to radiotherapy dosage:
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The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(radiation therapy dosage) Total amount of radiation, administered therapeutically, that is absorbed by tissues; for the total amounts of nontherapeutic radiation received use RADIATION DOSAGE.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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