actinobolism

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin actinobolismus, from Koine Greek ἀκτινοβόλος (aktinobólos, “emission of rays”) + -ismus. Ἀκτινοβόλος is from ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) + βόλος (bólos, “a throw”). First attested in the 1650s. === Noun === actinobolism (uncountable) (Late Modern, obsolete) Radiation; emission or projection. [17th–18th c.] ==== Usage notes ==== Several 19th-century sources relate the term actinobolism, along with irradiation, to hypnotism. === References ===