| therapy | The treatment of disease, therapeutics. Origin: Gr. Therapeia = service done to the sick (18 Nov 1997) |
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| therapy, computer-assisted | Computer systems utilised as adjuncts in the treatment of disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| therapy, gene | Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect. Gene therapy is the treatment of disease by replacing, altering, or supplementing a gene responsible for the disease. In gene therapy for cancer, for example, researchers are trying to bolster the body's natural capacity to combat cancer and make the tumour more sensitive to other kinds of therapy. Gene therapy, still in its early stages, holds great promise for the treatment of many diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thrombolytic therapy | The use of thrombolytic agents to dissolve blood clots to re-establish blood flow through an occluded vessel. Examples of thrombolytic agents include: urokinase, streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator (TPA). These agents may be introduced into a vein or selectively into a diseased (blocked) artery using a catheter. (27 Sep 1997) |
| thyroid therapy | The treatment of hypothyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tissue therapy | Historically, tissue transplantation, especially of refrigerated tissue (after filatov). It was theorised that non-specific substances, capable of initiating restorative processes, formed in tissues when refrigerated. This therapy has been discredited and outlawed in western medicine. Cell therapy (after niehans) refers to implantation of tissue by injection. Originally this involved fresh cells but later frozen or lyophilised cells. This therapy has also been banned in most countries but its illicit use is apparently widespread. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electric stimulation therapy | Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the threshold of the skin to pain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electroconvulsive therapy | Electrically induced convulsions primarily used in the treatment of severe affective disorders and schizophrenia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electroshock therapy | A form of treatment of mental disorders in which convulsions are produced by the passage of an electric current through the brain. Synonym: convulsive therapy, electroconvulsive therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrotherapeutic sleep therapy | Treatment by inducing sleep by means of nonconvulsive electric stimulation of the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total push therapy | The application of all available therapy's to the treatment of a psychiatric patient in a hospital setting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enzyme replacement therapy | A type of medical treatment for patients who lack an important enzyme, the missing enzyme is injected into the patient. (09 Oct 1997) |
| exercise therapy | Motion of the body or its parts to relieve symptoms or to improve function, leading to physical fitness, but not physical education and training. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extended family therapy | A type of family therapy that involves family members outside the nuclear family and who are closely associated with it and affect it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external radiation therapy | Radiation therapy using a machine located outside the body to aim high-energy rays at a tumour. (12 Dec 1998) |