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therapy, therapeutic |
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therapeusis |
Synonym: therapeutics. Synonym: therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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therapeutae |
A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. (pl) an attendant, servant, physician. See Therapeutic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
therapeutic |
1. Pertaining to therapeutics or to the art of healing. 2. <pharmacology> Compounds that are used to treat specific diseases or medical conditions. 3. Curative. Origin: Gr. Therapeutikos = inclined to serve (13 Nov 1997) |
therapeutic abortion |
An abortion induced because of the mother's physical or mental health, or to prevent birth of a deformed child or a child resulting from rape. (05 Mar 2000) |
therapeutic anaesthesia |
Administration of an anaesthetic as a means of treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
therapeutic angiography |
Use of angiographic catheters that have been modified to reduce or increase regional blood flow, or to deliver medicinal agents; interventional therapeutic angiography. See: angioplasty, balloon catheter, interventional angiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
therapeutic community |
Psychotherapeutic technique which emphasizes socioenvironmental and interpersonal influences in the resocialization and rehabilitation of the patient. The setting is usually a hospital unit or ward in which professional and nonprofessional staff interact with the patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
therapeutic crisis |
A turning point leading to positive or negative change in psychiatric treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
therapeutic dose |
The quantity of any substance required to effect the cure of a disease or that will correct the manifestations of a deficiency of a particular factor in the diet, effective dose used with therapeutically applied compounds. Synonym: therapeutic dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
therapeutic electrode |
A small electrode whose exciting effect is used to stimulate or record potentials from a localised area. Synonym: exciting electrode, localizing electrode, therapeutic electrode. (05 Mar 2000) |
therapeutic equivalency |
The relative equivalency in the efficacy of different modes of treatment of a disease, most often used to compare the efficacy of different pharmaceuticals to treat a given disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
therapeutic fever |
Treatment of disease by inducing an artificial fever in the patient. Synonym: therapeutic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
therapeutic group |
Any group of patients meeting together for mutual psychotherapeutic, personal development, and life change goals. (05 Mar 2000) |
therapeutic incompatibility |
A form of incompatibility in which the substances in a mixture exert opposing physiologic actions. Synonym: therapeutic incompatibility. (05 Mar 2000) |
therapeutic index |
The ratio of LD50 to ED50, used in quantitative comparison of drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Community, Therapeutic, Communities, Therapeutic, Therapeutic Communities
Synonyms : Clinical Equivalencies, Equivalencies, Clinical, Equivalencies, Therapeutic, Equivalency, Clinical, Therapeutic Equivalencies, Bioequivalences, Equivalencies, Generic, Equivalency, Generic, Generic Equivalencies
Synonyms : Research, Therapeutic, Experimentation, Therapeutic Human
Synonyms : Touch, Therapeutic
Synonyms : Uses, Therapeutic
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curative: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality" remedy: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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therapeutic abortion
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a legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother's life is threatened)
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therapeutic cloning
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nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant
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therapeutics
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branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease
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therapist
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a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
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