| RL | radial line; radiation laboratory; reduction level; renal dysplasia-limb defects [syndrome]; resisti... |
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| RLS | recursive least square; restless leg syndrome; Ringer lactate solution; Roussy-Levy syndrome |
| SL | sarcolemma; sclerosing leukoencephalopathy; secondary leukemia; segment length; sensation level; sen... |
| SLB | short-leg brace |
| SLC | short-leg cast |
| isoserum treatment | Therapeutic use of serum taken from a person having or having had the same disease as the patient under treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| orthodontic treatment | Please see MedicineNet site on orthodontic treatment for information on this subject. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Tallerman treatment | Use of special apparatus to administer dry heat to rheumatic disorders, traumatic sprains, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thymus treatment | Treatment of disease by administration of extracts of thymus gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elbow bursitis, treatment of | If non-infectious, elbow bursitis treatment includes rest, ice, and medications for inflammation and pain. Infectious bursitis is treated with antibiotics, aspiration, and surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emergency treatment | First aid or other immediate intervention for accidents or medical conditions requiring immediate care and treatment before definitive medical and surgical management can be procured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| empiric treatment | A treatment based on experience, usually without adequate data to support its use. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endodontic treatment | The means by which painful or diseased teeth, in which the pulp is involved, are restored to a healthy state, removal of a normal, diseased, or dead pulp by biochemical and mechanical means, enlargement and sterilization of the root canal, followed by filling the canal, to effect healing of diseased periapical tissues, the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the pulp and their sequelae. Synonym: endodontic treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| treatment | Medical or surgical management of a patient. See: therapy, therapeutics. Origin: Fr. Traitement (see treat) (05 Mar 2000) |
| treatment card | <dentistry> A sheet of paper or special index card used to record your treatment progress. (08 Jan 1998) |
| treatment denture | A dental prosthesis used for the purpose of treating or conditioning the tissues which are called upon to support and retain a denture base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| treatment failure | A measure of the quality of health care by assessing the unsuccessful results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| treatment ind | An FDA-approved program that allows a physician to procure an experimental drug for seriously ill patients who have no other treatment options in exchange for data on the safety and perhaps the effectiveness of the drug. See: compassionate use, parallel track, expanded access. (09 Oct 1997) |
| treatment outcome | Studies undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, practicability, etc., of these interventions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| treatment protocol program | An FDA initiative to allow terminally ill patients to be given experimental drugs. (14 Nov 1997) |