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Conformal radiation therapy (health) and bum(3) (iou)


Conformal radiation therapy (health)


A procedure that uses Computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor as accurately as possible and give it the highest possible dose of radiation while sparing normal tissue as much as possible. It is also known as 3-D or conformational radiation therapy.





bum(3) (iou)



bum verb1 intrans. obsolete exc. dial. Infl. -mm-. LME.
[Var. of BOOM verb1.]
Hum loudly; boom.
Comb.: bum-bee Scot. a bumble-bee; bum-clock Scot. & north. a cockchafer or similar beetle.