irradiation

noun

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Senses

the condition of being exposed to radiation

a column of light (as from a beacon)

(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex

the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background

(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	ray
1	hypernym	Types & categories	condition
2	derivation	Related & opposite	irradiate
2	derivation	Related & opposite	beam
2	derivation	Related & opposite	ray
2	derivation	Related & opposite	effulgent
2	hypernym	Types & categories	light
2	hyponym	Types & categories	heat ray
2	hyponym	Types & categories	high beam
2	hyponym	Types & categories	moonbeam
2	hyponym	Types & categories	sunbeam
2	hyponym	Types & categories	laser beam
2	hyponym	Types & categories	low beam
3	domain topic	Related & opposite	physiology
3	hypernym	Types & categories	spread
4	hypernym	Types & categories	illusion
5	hypernym	Types & categories	stimulus generalization
6	derivation	Related & opposite	radiologist
6	domain topic	Related & opposite	medicine
6	hypernym	Types & categories	therapy
6	hyponym	Types & categories	phototherapy
6	hyponym	Types & categories	radium therapy
6	hyponym	Types & categories	X-ray therapy