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RADIOSENSITIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does radiosensitive mean?
• RADIOSENSITIVE (adjective)
The adjective RADIOSENSITIVE has 1 sense:
1. sensitive to radiation
Familiarity information: RADIOSENSITIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sensitive to radiation
Context example:
radiosensitive cancer cells can be treated with radiotherapy
Similar:
sensitive (responsive to physical stimuli)
Derivation:
radiosensitivity (sensitivity to the action of radiant energy)
Context examples
MV-NIS also enhances the oncolytic activity of MV against radiosensitive tumor cells by additional destruction of the MV-infected cells when using iodine-131.
(Oncolytic Measles Virus Encoding Thyroidal Sodium Iodide Symporter, NCI Thesaurus)
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