Also known as: RT-
RT has various meanings in the Medicine category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of RT in Medicine.
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.
MedicineThe time for a sensor to return to baseline value after the step removal of the measured variable. Usually specified as time to fall to 10% of final value after step removal of measured variable.
MedicineThe time, based on the separator volume and shape and the fluid flow rate that produced fluids spend in a separator. It is based on the time needed to separate an emulsion.
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