(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn
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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)
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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)
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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
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the most common form of acne; usually affects people from puberty to young adulthood
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mothe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color fr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: strong, light, treat, acne, hyperbilirubinemia.To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being,…
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