Usually means: Exposure to radiation for treatment.
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  1. irradiation: Merriam-Webster
  2. irradiation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. irradiation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. irradiation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. irradiation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Irradiation, irradiation: Wordnik
  7. irradiation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. irradiation: Wiktionary
  9. irradiation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. irradiation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. irradiation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. irradiation: Dictionary.com
  13. Irradiation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Irradiation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. irradiation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. irradiation: Rhymezone
  17. Irradiation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. irradiation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. irradiation: FreeDictionary.org
  20. irradiation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. irradiation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. irradiation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. irradiation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Irradiation: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  5. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
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  7. irradiation: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  8. irradiation: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  9. irradiation: Medical dictionary
  10. Irradiation: Drug Medical Dictionary
  11. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)
  12. Endometrial Cancer Glossary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Irradiation: Extragalactic Astronomy
  2. Irradiation: NRC Glossary of Nuclear Terms --

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)

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noun:  An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
noun:  (uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.
noun:  Synonym of radiotherapy
noun:  (obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance.
noun:  (obsolete, figurative) mental light or illumination.
noun:  (obsolete) The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, especially when a little out of focus.

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