(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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Speech therapy
any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech
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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 personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; fre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus; "counter conditioning lies beh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassmen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: therapy, intended, correct, disorder, speech.a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or…
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