irradiation
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the condition of being exposed to radiation
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
Related & opposite
- ray derivation
Sense 2 noun
a column of light (as from a beacon)
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Sense 3 noun
(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
Types & categories
- spread hypernym
Related & opposite
- physiology domain topic
Sense 4 noun
the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
Types & categories
- illusion hypernym
Sense 5 noun
(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
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- stimulus generalization hypernym
Sense 6 noun
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Types & categories
- therapy hypernym
- phototherapy hyponym
- radium therapy hyponym
- X-ray therapy hyponym
Related & opposite
- radiologist derivation
- medicine domain topic
Table view of this graph
| 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 |