(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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Immunotherapy
therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
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the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the use of radium in radiation therapy
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to…
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a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppress…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen.; "The term ambo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and im…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.A protein produced by the immune system to neutralize pathogens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, designed, produce, immunity, disease.any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce…
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