Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
whole-body irradiation
Subclass of:
Therapeutic radiology procedure; Investigative Techniques
Definitions related to whole-body irradiation:
  • (total body irradiation) A procedure involving irradiation of the whole body.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (total-body irradiation) A therapeutic procedure that involves the irradiation of the whole body with ionizing or non-ionizing radiation.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Irradiation of the whole body with ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. It is applicable to humans or animals but not to microorganisms.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (total-body irradiation) Radiation therapy to the entire body. It is usually followed by bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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