| LSH | lutein-stimulating hormone; lymphocyte-stimulating hormone |
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| LTH | lactogenic hormone; local tumor hyperthermia; low temperature holding; luteotropic hormone |
| MH | malignant histiocytosis; malignant hyperpyrexia; malignant hypertension; malignant hyperthermia; mam... |
| MRH | melanocyte-stimulating hormone-releasing hormone; multicentric reticulohistiocytosis |
| MRIH | melanocyte[-stimulating hormone] release-inhibiting hormone |
| human gene therapy | <molecular biology, technique> Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| human growth hormone | <endocrinology> A protein produced in the pituitary gland that stimulates the liver to produce somatomedins, which stimulate growth of bone and muscle. (09 Oct 1997) |
| serum therapy | Treatment of an infectious disease by injection of an antitoxin or serum containing specific antibody. Synonym: serum therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sex hormone | <endocrinology> Hormone that is secreted by gonads or that influences gonadal development. Examples are oestrogen, testosterone, gonadotrophins. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sex hormone-binding globulin | A glycoprotein migrating as a beta-globulin. Its molecular weight, 52,000 or 95,000-115,000, indicates that it exists as a dimer. The protein binds testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and estradiol in the plasma. Changes in its concentration significantly affect the ratio of unbound (biologically active) testosterone to estradiol in plasma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| shock therapy | See: electroshock therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short-wave therapy | The use of focused short radio waves to produce local hyperthermia in an injured person or diseased body area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hyperbaric oxygen therapy | <physiology> A pressurised chamber that allows for the delivery of oxygen in higher concentrations for therapeutic benefit. Useful in the treatment of severe burns, peripheral vascular disease, carbon monoxide poisoning and decompression illness. (04 Mar 1998) |
| hypophysiotropic hormone | A hormone that stimulates the rate of secretion of hypophysial hormone's; e.g., a releasing factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| social network therapy | A type of therapy involving the assembling of all persons emotionally or functionally important to the patient for the purpose of affecting behavioural change in the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| social therapy | <psychiatry> A psychiatric rehabilitative therapy to improve a patient's social functioning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| socioenvironmental therapy | Therapy whose primary emphasis is on the physical and social structuring of the environment to promote interpersonal relationships which will be influential in reducing behavioural disturbances of patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| solar therapy | Treatment of disease by exposure to sunlight. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatic cell gene therapy | The repair or replacement of a defective gene within somatic tissue. (09 Oct 1997) |
| somatotropic hormone | <protein> Hormone (191 amino acids) released by anterior pituitary that stimulates release of somatomedin, thereby causing growth. (18 Nov 1997) |