Also known as: RT-
RT has various meanings in the Common Medical category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of RT in Common Medical.
The treatment of disease with ionizing radiation. Also called radiation therapy. In radiotherapy, high-energy rays are often used to damage cancer cells and stop them from growing and dividing. A specialist in the radiation treatment of cancer is called a radiation oncologist. Like surgery, radiation therapy is a local treatment; it affects cancer cells only in the treated area. Radiation can come from a machine. It can also come from an implant placed directly into or near the tumor.
Common MedicalUsing radioactive substances to treat cancer
Common MedicalA short-lived (typically less than 90 days) call option for purchasing additional stock in a firm, issued by the firm to all its shareholders on a pro rata basis.
Common MedicalConsecutive links in a network served by single flight numbers, eg QF1 operates SYD/BKK/LHR as a single route. The path that network traffic follows from its source to its destination. also cut-through. The URL used to direct requests to an application. A route is made up of an optional host and a domain that are specified when an application is pushed. For example, in the route myapp.example.com, myapp is the host and example.com is the domain.
Common MedicalA Reverse transcription is an enzyme used to generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from an RNA template, a process termed reverse transcription. Reverse transcription is needed for the replication of retroviruses and RT inhibitors are widely used as antiretroviral drugs. Reverse transcription activities are also associated with the replication of chromosome ends (telomerase) and some mobile genetic elements.
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