(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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Thermotherapy
the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles
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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: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine or porter; t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.Put into bottles; inclosed in bottles; pent up in, or as in, a bottle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.The act or the process of putting anything into bottles (as beer, mineral water, etc.) and corking the bottles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant); "ocean circulation is an important part of global cli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatory disease…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.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: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.A muscle that compresses certain parts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, treat, disease, disorder, heating.using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heatin…
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