Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Hiperfraccionamiento
Hyperfractionation (HY-per-FRAK-shun-AY-shun)
Radiation treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into small doses and treatments are given more than once a day. Also called hyperfractionated radiation therapy and superfractionated radiation therapy.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.