(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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Occupational therapy
therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions
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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, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.the use of radium in radiation therapy
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.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
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Clinical psychology, General medicine, Psychology.therapeutic exposure to sunlight
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 designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
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 vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a dia…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruc…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.Human flourishing achieved through meaningful and virtuous living.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people, not ghosts"; "a film b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, based, engagement, meaningful, activities.the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experie…
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