brachytherapy

From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short, not far off”) + θεραπεία (therapeía, “attendance, treatment, healing, service”); brachy- +‎ therapy.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɹækiˈθɛrəpi/

brachytherapy (countable and uncountable, plural brachytherapies)

1. Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.

   Coordinate term: teletherapy

• internal radiotherapy
• sealed course radiotherapy
• curietherapy
• endocurietherapy

• microbrachytherapy