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Radiotherapy vs Supervoltage - What's the difference?

radiotherapy | supervoltage |

As nouns the difference between radiotherapy and supervoltage

is that radiotherapy is the therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease while supervoltage is a high voltage, normally greater than 1,000 kilovolts, when used in x-ray radiotherapy.

radiotherapy

English

(wikipedia radiotherapy)

Noun

(radiotherapies)
  • The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease.

    • Synonyms

    * radiation therapy

    Derived terms

    * radiotherapist

    See also

    * brachytherapy * teletherapy * Roentgentherapy * chemotherapy

    supervoltage

    English

    Noun

  • A high voltage, normally greater than 1,000 kilovolts, when used in X-ray radiotherapy