RADIOSENSITIVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radiosensitivity mean? 

• RADIOSENSITIVITY (noun)
  The noun RADIOSENSITIVITY has 1 sense:

1. sensitivity to the action of radiant energy

  Familiarity information: RADIOSENSITIVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIOSENSITIVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensitivity to the action of radiant energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

photosensitivity; radiosensitivity

Hypernyms ("radiosensitivity" is a kind of...):

sensibility; sensitiveness; sensitivity ((physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation)

Derivation:

radiosensitive (sensitive to radiation)

 Context examples 

Inhaled carbogen reduces diffusion-limited tumor hypoxia, increasing tumor radiosensitivity due to the increased availability of molecular oxygen for cytotoxic radiation-induced oxygen free radical production.

(Carbogen, NCI Thesaurus)