| AART | American Association for Rehabilitation Therapy; American Association for Respiratory Therapy |
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| ACT | achievement through counseling and treatment; actin; actinomycin; activated clotting time; advanced ... |
| ERT | esophageal radionuclide transit; estrogen replacement therapy; examination room terminal; external r... |
| ICT | icteric, icterus; indirect Coombs test; inflammation of connective tissue; insulin coma therapy; int... |
| OT | objective test; oblique talus; occlusion time; occupational therapist, occupational therapy; ocular ... |
| geriatric therapy | Treatment of disease in the aged. Synonym: geriatric therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| germ line gene therapy | The repair or replacement of a defective gene within the gamete-forming tissues, which produces an inheritable change in an organisms genetic constitution. (09 Oct 1997) |
| gestalt therapy | A form of psychotherapy with emphasis on the interplay of organism and environment. Basic to this therapy is the development of awareness and maturity, as well as self-confidence. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reflex therapy | Treatment of some morbid condition by exciting a reflex action, as in the household treatment of nosebleed by a piece of ice applied to the cervical spine. Synonym: reflexotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| viral therapy | The use of genetically altered virus particles for delivering genes to specific sites for the purpose of therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| CDE blood group | See Rh blood group, Blood Groups appendix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| renal replacement therapy | Procedures which temporarily or permanently remedy insufficient cleansing of body fluids by the kidneys. (12 Dec 1998) |
| p blood-group system | A blood group related to the abo, lewis and I systems. at least five different erythrocyte antigens are possible, some very rare, others almost universal. Multiple alleles are involved in this blood group. (12 Dec 1998) |
| replacement therapy | Therapy designed to compensate for a lack or deficiency arising from inadequate nutrition, from certain dysfunctions (e.g., glandular hyposecretion), or from losses (e.g., haemorrhage); replacement may be physiological or may entail administration of a substitute (e.g., a synthetic oestrogen in place of estradiol). (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoral group of axillary lymph nodes | Lymph nodes located along the lateral thoracic vein; they receive the drainage of the pectoral region, including most of the drainage of the breast. Synonym: nodi lymphatici axillaris pectorales, anterior group of axillary lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central group of axillary lymph nodes | Nodes located around the midportion of the axillary vein; they receive afferent vessels from the lateral (brachial), pectoral, and subscapular groups of axillary nodes and send efferent vessels to the apical group of axillary node's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peer group | Group composed of associates of same species, approximately the same age, and usually of similar rank or social status. (12 Dec 1998) |
| respiratory therapy | Exercises and treatments that help patients recover lung function, such as after surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| respiratory therapy department, hospital | Hospital department which is responsible for the administration of diagnostic pulmonary function tests and of procedures to restore optimum pulmonary ventilation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| glycosyl group | <biochemistry> A radical chemical group on a larger molecule, derived from a sugar or starch molecule, which is attached to the rest of the larger molecule by way of a glycosidic bond. (09 Oct 1997) |