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majoration1626

The action of increasing, enlarging, or intensifying. Obsolete.

relaxant1661

A relaxant drug, treatment, etc. Cf. muscle relaxant, n.

diaeresis1706

Surgery. Separation of parts normally united, as by a wound or burn, the lancing of an abscess, etc.

blistering1711

The action or result of blister, v.

Perkinism1798

A method of treatment for rheumatic diseases advocated by Elisha Perkins, in which two small pointed rods, one of steel and one of brass, called…

tranquillizing1801

tractoration1803

the use of metallic tractors (see 1): also allusively.

tractorism1827

= tractoration n.

moxibustion1833

The therapeutic practice of burning moxa or another substance on or next to the skin.

traction1841

A drawing or pulling movement used in massage, etc.: in quot. 1841 applied to the use of metallic tractors (see tractor, n. 1).

remediation1850

Medicine. The application of a remedy; medical treatment of a disease or condition. Now rare.

moxocausis1857

= moxibustion, n.

bed-rest1872

(a) a support for a person in bed; (b) confinement of a sick person to bed.

aerotherapeutics1876

= aerotherapy n.

aerotherapy1876

treatment of disease by altering the composition or pressure of the air that the patient breathes; esp. the climatotherapy of tuberculosis.

metallotherapy1877

The use of metals to treat disease (esp. conversion disorders).

block1882

A blocking up. Neurology. Obstruction of the passage of a nervous or muscular impulse; an instance of this. Cf. block, v. 4b and heart-block (heart

counter-irritation1882

irritation artificially produced in order to counteract the action of disease.

bacteriotherapy1886

Treatment of disease by introducing bacteria into the system.

mechanotherapy1890

A form of physiotherapy using mechanical equipment to manipulate parts of the body, along with other exercises, massage, etc.

mobilization1890

Surgery and Medicine. The action of making a fixed or stiff structure movable; spec. surgical detachment from adjacent structures.

seismotherapy1901

(See quot. 1901.)

bacterization1902

The process or method of treating with bacteria.

replacement therapy1902

treatment designed to correct a deficiency of a substance normally or habitually present in the body (hormone, clotting factor, drug, etc.)…

biotherapy1912

Treatment of disease using substances of biological origin (antisera, tissue extracts, etc.) or (later) living organisms. Cf. biosurgery, n.

occupational therapy1915

the use of activities or equipment involved in daily living, work, and recreation to assist recovery from illness, injury, or disability and to…

protein therapy1917

(a) (more fully foreign protein therapy) protein shock therapy (now historical); (b) treatment with a protein-rich diet; (c) treatment of disease…

psychophysicotherapeutics1922

remedial treatment of the mind and body.

recovery programme1922

a project or scheme intended to recover something or to bring about a recovery; spec. (a) originally U.S. a programme of treatment, counselling…

plombage1933

The introduction of plombe, especially into the pleural cavity; treatment with plombe; an instance of this.

bacteriostasis1936

Inhibition of the growth of bacteria without destroying them.

oestrogenization1960

Treatment with or exposure to oestrogen; the result of this.

hyperalimentation1962

The administering of nutrients to patients incapable of normal digestion, usually by intravenous feeding (frequently known as parenteral hyperaliment

vegetablization1963

The action or fact of rendering a person docile or passive by impairing his or her intellectual function. Cf. vegetablize, v. 2b. Now rare.

pain management1966

the control and regulation of pain, esp. by means of medication.

palliative care1967

care for the terminally ill and their families, esp. that provided by an organized health service.

gene therapy1970

the introduction of a new, functional gene into an organism in order to treat an inherited disorder or other disease; an instance of this.

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