| ECT(?) | Electro-Convulsive Therapy; 전기 경련 요법 = EST |
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| IPT | Interpersonal Psycho-Therapy |
| PT | 1) Prothrombin Time 2) Physical Therapy; 물리요법 3) Pulmonary... |
| TEF | Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula ? Tx 1. Infant Warmer ... |
| AAMFT | American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy |
| implosive therapy | A method for extinguishing anxiety by a saturation exposure to the feared stimulus situation or its substitute. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| quadrangular therapy | Marriage therapy involving the husband and wife and their respective therapists. (05 Mar 2000) |
| individual therapy | A psychotherapeutic session involving only two persons, the therapist and the patient. Compare: group psychotherapy. Synonym: individual therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induction therapy | Initial intensive course of chemotherapy that is designed to wipe out abnormal cells and allow regrowth of normal cells. (16 Dec 1997) |
| inhalation therapy | Therapeutic use of gases or aerosols by inhalation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal radiation therapy | Radiation therapy in which radioactive material is placed in or near a tumour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| interstitial radiation therapy | <oncology> The implantation of radioactive seeds directly into a tumour. (10 Jan 1998) |
| interstitial therapy | Radiation therapy by means of radioactive seeds or needles implanted directly into the tissues to be irradiated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intralesional therapy | Therapy by injection directly into a lesion, as in corticosteroid injections into skin lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraoperative radiation therapy | Treating a tumour site withradiation immediately following surgery to destroy the tumour. (09 Oct 1997) |
| occupational therapy | A form of therapy that encourages and instructs manual activities for therapeutic or remedial purposes in mental and physical disorders. (27 Sep 1997) |
| occupational therapy department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of any occupational or work activity for remedial purposes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| orthomolecular therapy | The use of very large doses of vitamins or other naturally occurring substances normally present in the body, frequently for the treatment of mental disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oxygen inhalation therapy | Inhalation of oxygen aimed at restoring toward normal any pathophysiologic alterations of gas exchange in the cardiopulmonary system, as by the use of a respirator, nasal catheter, tent, chamber, or mask. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oxygen therapy | Treatment in which an increased concentration of oxygen is made available for breathing, through a nasal catheter, tent, chamber, or mask. (05 Mar 2000) |