Medical Dictionary Definitions A-Z List
Medical Dictionary Definitions A - Z - «T»:
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Therapy, biological
Therapy, biological: Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease. Biological therapy is thus any form of treatment that uses the body's natural abilities that constitute the immune system to fight infection and disease or to protect th...
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Therapy, cell
Therapy, cell: Treatment with cells. A technology that relies on
replacing diseased or dysfunctional cells with healthy, functioning ones.
Whole blood transfusions, packed red cell transfusions, platelet
transfusions, bone marrow transplants, and organ transplants are all forms of
cell therapy. ...
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Therapy, constraint-induced movement
Therapy, constraint-induced movement: A form of intensive physical therapy aimed at reorganizing and reprogramming the brain after a stroke, a traumatic brain injury, or spinal cord damage....
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Therapy, electroconvulsive
Therapy, electroconvulsive: See Electroconvulsive therapy....
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Therapy, electroshock
Therapy, electroshock: See Electroconvulsive therapy....
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Therapy, estrogen replacement (ERT)
Therapy, estrogen replacement (ERT)
or estrogen therapy (ET): a form of therapy with estrogen hormones most
commonly used to treat the symptoms of menopause. It reduces or stops the
short-term changes of menopause such as hot flashes, disturbed sleep, and
vaginal dryness. Estrogen
replacement ...
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Therapy, external beam radiation
Therapy, external beam radiation: Radiation focused from a source outside the body on the affected area (for example, the cancer) within the body, much like getting a diagnostic x-ray, but for a longer period of time....
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Therapy, family
Therapy, family: See: Family therapy....
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Therapy, fever
Therapy, fever: Using abnormal elevations in body temperature as a tool to treat disease. This was done in the past by deliberately raising the patient's temperature to cause fever.
Fever therapy was pioneered by the Austrian neuropsychiatrist Julius Wagner von Jauregg (1857-1940). He inoculated t...
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Therapy, gene
Therapy, gene: Insertion of normal DNA directly
into cells to correct a genetic defect. The treatment of disease by
replacing, altering, or supplementing a gene that is absent or
abnormal and whose absence or abnormality is responsible for a
disease.
In studies of gene therapy for cancer, for ex...
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Therapy, grief
Therapy, grief: See: Grief therapy....
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Therapy, hormone replacement (HRT)
Therapy, hormone replacement (HRT, HT): The combination therapy of estrogen plus a
progestogen. Formerly, hormone replacement therapy
(HRT).
Estrogen therapy (ET) is used to treat the symptoms of
menopause. It reduces
or stops the short-term changes of menopause such as hot flashes, disturbed ...
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Therapy, human gene
Therapy, human gene: Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect. The treatment of disease by replacing, altering, or supplementing a gene that is absent or abnormal and whose absence or abnormality is responsible for a disease.
In studies of gene therapy for cancer, for ...
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Therapy, interpersonal
Therapy, interpersonal: See: Interpersonal therapy....
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Therapy, maintenance
Therapy, maintenance: See: Maintenance therapy....
