| EST | electric shock threshold; electroshock therapy; endometrial sinus tumor; endoscopic sphincterectomy;... |
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| ET | educational therapy; effective temperature; ejection time; embryo transfer; endothelin; endotoxin; e... |
| FT | Fallot tetralogy; false transmitter; family therapy; fast twitch; fatigue trial; fibrous tissue; fin... |
| GAT | gelatin agglutination test; geriatric assessment team; Gerontological Apperception Test; group adjus... |
| GpTh | group therapy |
| juvenile hormone | <endocrinology> A hormone found in insects which affects the balance between mature and juvenile attributes of certain tissues at each moult. In particular, the imaginal discs of many larval insects only develop into adult wings, sexual organs or limbs when blood juvenile hormone levels fall below a threshold level. There is a complex interaction between juvenile hormone and ecdysone. Synthetic analogues of JH include farnesol and methoprene, which have been tested for insecticide potential (known, with diflubenzuron, as Insect Growth Regulators, IGRs. See: chitin). (18 Nov 1997) |
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| juvenile hormone esterase | <enzyme> Amino acid sequence has been determined Registry number: EC 3.1.1.- Synonym: jh esterase, insect jhe (26 Jun 1999) |
| 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) |
| family therapy | A form of group psychotherapy. It involves treatment of more than one member of the family simultaneously in the same session. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ultrasonic therapy | The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to produce local hyperthermia in certain diseased or injured parts of the body or to destroy the diseased tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ultraviolet therapy | The use of ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation in the treatment of disease, usually of the skin. This is the part of the sun's spectrum that causes sunburn and tanning. Ultraviolet a, used in puva, is closer to visible light and less damaging than ultraviolet b, which is ionizing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever therapy | Treatment of disease by inducing an artificial fever in the patient. Synonym: therapeutic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluid therapy | Therapy whose basic objective is to restore the volume and composition of the body fluids to normal with respect to water-electrolyte balance. Fluids may be administered intravenously, orally, by intermittent gavage, or by hypodermoclysis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lactation hormone | <protein> Pituitary lactogenic hormone (23 kD) Synthesised on endoplasmic reticulum bound ribosomes as preprolactin that has an N terminal signal peptide that is cleaved from the mature form. The conversion of preprolactin to prolactin has been much used as an assay for membrane insertion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| lactogenic hormone | <protein> Pituitary lactogenic hormone (23 kD) Synthesised on endoplasmic reticulum bound ribosomes as preprolactin that has an N terminal signal peptide that is cleaved from the mature form. The conversion of preprolactin to prolactin has been much used as an assay for membrane insertion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| follicle-stimulating hormone | <hormone> An acidic glycoprotein secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. In women, follicle-stimulating hormone stimulates the development of ovarian follicles (eggs) and stimulates the release of oestrogens. In men, follicle-stimulating hormone stimulates the production of sperm. Abnormal follicle-stimulating hormone levels may be seen in the following conditions: hypopituitarism, Klinefelter syndrome, polycystic ovary disease, Turner's syndrome and ovarian failure. Synonym: follitropin. Acronym: FSH (12 Sep 2002) |
| follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing factor | A decapeptide of hypothalamic origin capable of accelerating pituitary secretion of follitropin. Synonym: follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing factor, follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing hormone. Origin: follicle-stimulating hormone + L. Libero, to free, + -in (05 Mar 2000) |
| follicular hormone | estrone |
| language therapy | Rehabilitation of persons with language disorders or training of children with language development disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |