different between actinotherapeutics vs actinotherapy

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actinotherapeutics (uncountable)

From actino- +? therapy.

actinotherapy (uncountable)

(medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.
- 1917, Charles Herman Viol, William Herron Cameron, Radium, Volumes 9-10, page 8,
  I shall discuss in the following chapter the underlying principles and indications of actinotherapy in each of the diseases enumerated.
- 1994, G. David Baxter, Costas Diamantopoulos, Therapeutic Lasers: Theory and Practice, page 5,
  Apart from tuberculosis and open wounds, the other main indication found for actinotherapy was rickets.

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