Definitions For Irradiation

noun

• (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
• (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
• The apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
• (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
• A column of light (as from a beacon)
• The condition of being exposed to radiation