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radiation
Overview of noun radiation
The noun radiation has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (42) radiation -- (energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles)
2. (15) radiation -- (the act of spreading outward from a central source)
3. radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation -- (syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours; "he was suffering from radiation")
4. radiation, radioactivity -- (the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay)
5. radiation -- (the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats)
6. radiation -- (a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain)
7. radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation -- ((medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun radiation
7 senses of radiation
Sense 1
radiation
=> energy
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
radiation
=> emission, emanation
=> egress, egression, emergence
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation
=> syndrome
=> symptom
=> evidence, grounds
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
radiation, radioactivity
=> emission
=> release
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
radiation
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> spread, spreading
=> change of location, travel
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
radiation
=> neural structure
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
=> therapy
=> medical care, medical aid
=> treatment
=> care, attention, aid, tending
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun radiation
5 of 7 senses of radiation
Sense 1
radiation
=> ionizing radiation
=> cosmic radiation
=> electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
=> solar radiation
Sense 2
radiation
=> bombardment
Sense 4
radiation, radioactivity
=> corpuscular radiation, particulate radiation
Sense 5
radiation
=> adaptive radiation
Sense 7
radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
=> phototherapy
=> radium therapy, Curietherapy
=> X-ray therapy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun radiation
7 senses of radiation
Sense 1
radiation
=> energy
Sense 2
radiation
=> emission, emanation
Sense 3
radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation
=> syndrome
Sense 4
radiation, radioactivity
=> emission
Sense 5
radiation
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> spread, spreading
Sense 6
radiation
=> neural structure
Sense 7
radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
=> therapy
Antonyms of noun radiation
Member Holonyms of noun radiation
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Part Holonyms of noun radiation
Member Meronyms of noun radiation
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Attributes of noun radiation
Derived Forms of noun radiation
4 of 7 senses of radiation
Sense 1
radiation
RELATED TO>(verb) radiate#1
=> radiate
Sense 2
radiation
RELATED TO>(verb) radiate#3
=> radiate, ray
Sense 5
radiation
RELATED TO>(verb) radiate#8
=> diversify, radiate
Sense 6
radiation
RELATED TO>(verb) radiate#3
=> radiate, ray
Domain of noun radiation
1 of 7 senses of radiation
Sense 7
radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#1, medical specialty#1
Domain Terms of noun radiation
Familiarity of noun radiation
radiation used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun radiation
7 senses of radiation
Sense 1
radiation
> energy
=> activation energy, energy of activation
=> alternative energy
=> atomic energy, nuclear energy
=> binding energy, separation energy
=> chemical energy
=> electricity, electrical energy
=> energy level, energy state
=> rest energy
=> work
=> heat, heat energy
=> mechanical energy
=> radiant energy
=> radiation
Sense 2
radiation
> emission, emanation
=> radiation
=> discharge, venting
Sense 3
radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation
> syndrome
=> autism
=> attention deficit disorder, ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBD
=> Horner's syndrome
=> cervical disc syndrome, cervical root syndrome
=> Chinese restaurant syndrome
=> Conn's syndrome
=> fetal alcohol syndrome
=> Gulf War syndrome, Persian Gulf illness
=> Klinefelter's syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, XXY-syndrome
=> malabsorption syndrome
=> Munchausen's syndrome, Munchausen syndrome
=> nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis
=> Noonan's syndrome
=> phantom limb syndrome
=> premenstrual syndrome, PMS
=> radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation
=> Ramsay Hunt syndrome
=> Reiter's syndrome, Reiter's disease
=> restless legs syndrome, restless legs, Ekbom syndrome
=> Reye's syndrome
=> scalenus syndrome
=> tetany, tetanilla, intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, apyretic tetanus
=> thoracic outlet syndrome
=> Tietze's syndrome
=> Tourette's syndrome, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
=> tetralogy of Fallot, Fallot's tetralogy, Fallot's syndrome
=> toxic shock, toxic shock syndrome, TSS
=> Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
=> Williams syndrome
=> Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Sense 4
radiation, radioactivity
> emission
=> photoemission
=> field emission
=> photoelectric emission
=> radiation, radioactivity
=> secondary emission
=> thermionic emission, thermal emission
Sense 5
radiation
> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> radiation
=> absorption
=> acidification
=> adiabatic process
=> aeration
=> antiredeposition
=> capture
=> capture
=> centrifugation
=> chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
=> chromatography
=> concretion
=> condensation
=> convection
=> curdling, clotting, coagulation
=> decay
=> demagnetization, demagnetisation
=> desorption
=> diffusion
=> dissolution, disintegration
=> distillation, distillment
=> drift
=> effervescence
=> electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis
=> establishment, ecesis
=> extinction
=> extraction
=> feedback
=> filtration
=> flocculation
=> flow
=> formation
=> fossilization, fossilisation
=> geological process, geologic process
=> hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing
=> inactivation
=> ion exchange
=> ionization, ionisation
=> leach, leaching
=> magnetization, magnetisation, magnetic induction
=> materialization, materialisation
=> nuclear reaction
=> opacification
=> oscillation
=> oxygenation
=> pair production, pair creation, pair formation
=> phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
=> precession of the equinoxes
=> release
=> saltation
=> scattering
=> sericulture
=> sink
=> soak, soakage, soaking
=> softening
=> sorption
=> source
=> stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification
=> stimulation
=> succession, ecological succession
=> survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection
=> synergy, synergism
=> temperature change
=> transduction
=> transpiration
=> vitrification
> spread, spreading
=> diffusion
=> dispersion, scattering
=> invasion
=> irradiation
=> radiation
Sense 6
radiation
> neural structure
=> mamillary body, mammillary body, corpus mamillare
=> ganglion
=> reflex arc
=> center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre
=> hemisphere, cerebral hemisphere
=> pyriform area, piriform area, pyriform lobe, piriform lobe
=> olfactory bulb
=> brain, encephalon
=> neencephalon, neoencephalon
=> paleencephalon, paleoencephalon, palaeencephalon
=> cerebellum
=> cerebellar hemisphere
=> vermis, vermis cerebelli
=> paleocerebellum
=> cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex
=> geniculate body
=> cerebrum
=> medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb
=> forebrain, prosencephalon
=> hippocampus
=> cingulate gyrus, gyrus cinguli
=> telencephalon
=> diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
=> limbic system, visceral brain, limbic brain
=> subthalamus
=> thalamus
=> hypothalamus
=> midbrain, mesencephalon
=> substantia nigra, nucleus niger, locus niger
=> hindbrain, rhombencephalon
=> myelencephalon
=> pons, pons Varolii
=> brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem
=> nucleus
=> radiation
=> spinal cord, medulla spinalis
=> autonomic nervous system, ANS
Sense 7
radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
> therapy
=> chemotherapy
=> correction
=> electrotherapy, galvanism, electric healing, electrical healing
=> heliotherapy, insolation
=> hormone replacement therapy, hormone-replacement therapy, HRT
=> immunotherapy
=> infrared therapy
=> inflation therapy
=> iontophoresis, ionic medication, iontotherapy, electromotive drug administration, EMDA
=> medication
=> megavitamin therapy
=> physical therapy, physiotherapy, physiatrics
=> phytotherapy, herbal therapy, botanical medicine
=> psychotherapy
=> radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
=> shock therapy, shock treatment
=> speech therapy
=> refrigeration
=> thermotherapy
=> thrombolytic therapy
Meronyms of noun radiation
7 senses of radiation
Sense 6
radiation
=> neural structure
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 7
radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
=> therapy
=> medical care, medical aid
HAS PART: medical diagnosis
HAS PART: diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique
=> treatment
HAS PART: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
Holonyms of noun radiation
Grep of noun radiation
acoustic radiation pressure
actinic radiation
adaptive radiation
alpha radiation
background radiation
beta radiation
black-body radiation
blackbody radiation
corpuscular-radiation pressure
corpuscular radiation
cosmic background radiation
cosmic microwave background radiation
cosmic radiation
electromagnetic radiation
electron radiation
gamma radiation
infrared radiation
ionizing radiation
irradiation
neutron radiation
nonparticulate radiation
particulate radiation
planck's radiation law
radiation
radiation diagram
radiation field
radiation pattern
radiation pressure
radiation pyrometer
radiation sickness
radiation syndrome
radiation therapy
radio radiation
solar radiation
ultraviolet radiation
visible radiation
x-radiation
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