hyperfractionation means an especially highly divided form of fractionation: the division of a total dose of radiation into many small fractions. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 94 out of 100.
Etymology
International scientific vocabulary, from hyper- + fractionation = hyper- + fraction + -ation.
noun
- An especially highly divided form of fractionation: the division of a total dose of radiation into many small fractions.“Treatment with several doses per day offers the prospect of a significant therapeutic gain using readily available low LET beams. These regimens can be classified as either accelerated fractionation or hyperfractionation according to their rationales. With accelerated fractionation a conventional number of dose fractions is delivered in a significantly shortened overall treatment time in order to ”