| therapeutic | 1. Pertaining to therapeutics or to the art of healing. 2. <pharmacology> Compounds that are used to treat specific diseases or medical conditions. 3. Curative. Origin: Gr. Therapeutikos = inclined to serve (13 Nov 1997) |
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| therapeutic abortion | An abortion induced because of the mother's physical or mental health, or to prevent birth of a deformed child or a child resulting from rape. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic anaesthesia | Administration of an anaesthetic as a means of treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic angiography | Use of angiographic catheters that have been modified to reduce or increase regional blood flow, or to deliver medicinal agents; interventional therapeutic angiography. See: angioplasty, balloon catheter, interventional angiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic community | Psychotherapeutic technique which emphasizes socioenvironmental and interpersonal influences in the resocialization and rehabilitation of the patient. The setting is usually a hospital unit or ward in which professional and nonprofessional staff interact with the patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| therapeutic crisis | A turning point leading to positive or negative change in psychiatric treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic dose | The quantity of any substance required to effect the cure of a disease or that will correct the manifestations of a deficiency of a particular factor in the diet, effective dose used with therapeutically applied compounds. Synonym: therapeutic dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic electrode | A small electrode whose exciting effect is used to stimulate or record potentials from a localised area. Synonym: exciting electrode, localizing electrode, therapeutic electrode. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic equivalency | The relative equivalency in the efficacy of different modes of treatment of a disease, most often used to compare the efficacy of different pharmaceuticals to treat a given disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| therapeutic fever | Treatment of disease by inducing an artificial fever in the patient. Synonym: therapeutic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic group | Any group of patients meeting together for mutual psychotherapeutic, personal development, and life change goals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic incompatibility | A form of incompatibility in which the substances in a mixture exert opposing physiologic actions. Synonym: therapeutic incompatibility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic index | The ratio of LD50 to ED50, used in quantitative comparison of drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic iridectomy | An iridectomy performed for the prevention or cure of disease, e.g., angle-closure glaucoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic malaria | Intentionally induced malaria, formerly used against neurosyphilis and certain other paralytic diseases; the mechanism is thought to be immunological, with Plasmodium antibodies cross-reacting against the spirochetes or other agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
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Synonyms : Gelada, Baboons, Gelada, Gelada Baboons, Geladas, Theropithecus geladas, gelada, Theropithecus, geladas, Theropithecus
Synonyms : Theta Rhythm Electroencephalography, Rhythm, Theta, Rhythms, Theta, Theta Rhythms
Synonyms : Thevetia peruviana, Yellow Oleander Tree
| thermography |
diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors
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measuring instrument for measuring temperature
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| theorem |
a proposition deducible from basic postulates an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
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| theory |
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory" hypothesis: a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"
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the measurement of temperature
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