| AGT | abnormal glucose tolerance; activity group therapy; acute generalized tuberculosis; angiotensin; ant... |
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| AOTA | American Occupational Therapy Association |
| AOTF | American Occupational Therapy Foundation |
| APTA | American Physical Therapy Association |
| APTF | American Physical Therapy Foundation |
| eliminative behaviour, animal | Behaviour associated with the elimination of feces and urine from the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| type A behaviour | A behaviour pattern characterised by aggressiveness, ambitiousness, restlessness, and a strong sense of time urgency; associated with increased risk for coronary heart disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| type B behaviour | A behaviour pattern characterised by the absence or obverse of type A behaviour characteristics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exploratory behaviour | The tendency to explore or investigate a novel environment. It is considered a motivation not clearly distinguishable from curiosity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feeding behaviour | Behavioural responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| firesetting behaviour | A compulsion to set fires. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| Antibody Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy | <pharmacology> A method for targeting a drug to a specific tissue, in which the targeting agent and the drug are administered separately. The drug is designed to be inactive (a prodrug) until it is converted by an enzyme, which is the targeting agent. The enzyme is coupled to an antibody that directs it to the tissue of interest. When the enzyme arrives at the tissue, the prodrug is activated only at that site, sparing other tissues from potentially toxic side effects. Acronym: ADEPT (14 Nov 1997) |
| anticoagulant therapy | The use of anticoagulant drugs to reduce or prevent intravascular or intracardiac clotting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antisense therapy | Use of antisense DNA for the inhibition of translation of a specific gene product for therapeutic purposes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| art therapy | The use of art as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioural disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autoserum therapy | Therapy with serum obtained from the patient's own blood. (05 Mar 2000) |