| 영문 | Electric convulsive therapy(ECT) | 한글 | 전기경련요법 |
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| 설명 | 뇌에 전기 자극을 주어 인위적으로 경련을 유발함으로써 정신 병을 치료하는 방법. 전기쇼크요법(electroshock therapy)이라고도 한다. 1938년에 이탈리아의 체를레티와 비니에 의해 시작되었다. 작용기전은 확실치 않으나 뇌의 신진대사, 생화학 및 효소 등에 변화를 일으킨다는 생물학적, 생화학적 학설이 유력하다. 적응증으로 가장 효과적인 병은 우울증으로 특히 여성에서 갱년기에 호발하는 갱년기 우울증, 우울증과 조증(아주 기분이 좋은 상태가 지속되는 정신병)이 일정한 주기를 두고 반복하는 조울증에 잘 쓰이며, 80~90%에서 효과가 있다. |
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| ICT | icteric, icterus; indirect Coombs test; inflammation of connective tissue; insulin coma therapy; int... |
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| OT | objective test; oblique talus; occlusion time; occupational therapist, occupational therapy; ocular ... |
| PT | pain threshold; parathormone; parathyroid; paroxysmal tachycardia; part time; patient; pericardial t... |
| ASHA | American School Health Association; American Social Health Association; American Speech and Hearing ... |
| CCP-SLP | Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology |
| speech perception | The process whereby an utterance is decoded into a representation in terms of linguistic units (sequences of phonetic segments which combine to form lexical and grammatical morphemes). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| speech production measurement | Measurement of parameters of the speech product such as vocal tone, loudness, pitch, voice quality, articulation, resonance, phonation, phonetic structure and prosody. (12 Dec 1998) |
| speech reception threshold test | A test to determine the lowest sound intensity level at which fifty percent or more of the spondaic test words (words of two syllables having equal stress) are repeated correctly. (12 Dec 1998) |
| speech therapist | <specialist> An individual trained to assist patients in restoring speech and communication functions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| staccato speech | An abrupt utterance, each syllable being enunciated separately; noted especially in multiple sclerosis. Synonym: syllabic speech. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subvocal speech | Slight movements of the muscles of speech related to thinking but producing no sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syllabic speech | An abrupt utterance, each syllable being enunciated separately; noted especially in multiple sclerosis. Synonym: syllabic speech. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal speech | Speech produced with air trapped in the oesophagus and forced out again. (12 Dec 1998) |
| echo speech | A disorder of speech where there is an involuntary repetition several times of the same word. (27 Sep 1997) |
| tracheoesophageal speech | A form of alaryngeal speech obtained by a surgical technique which creates a shunt between trachea and oesophagus, allowing pulmonary air to generate upper oesophageal and pharyngeal mucosal vibrations as a substitute for vocal cord vibrations when the larynx is surgically removed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| explosive speech | Loud, sudden speech related to injury of the nervous system. Synonym: logospasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acupuncture therapy | Treatment of disease by inserting needles along specific pathways or meridians. The placement varies with the disease being treated. Heat or moxibustion and acupressure may be used in conjunction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adjuvant therapy | <oncology, pharmacology> Treatment that is added to increase the effectiveness of a primary treatment. In cancer, adjuvant treatment usually refers to chemotherapy, hormonal therapy or radiation therapy after surgery to increase the likelihood of killing all cancer cells. (14 May 1997) |
| alternative therapy | A term given to nonconventional therapy usually given by persons who do not have a medical qualification. (16 Dec 1997) |
| analytic therapy | Short term for psychoanalytic therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |