单词 | medical aid |
释义 | medical aid (once / 13824 pages) n WORD FAMILY medical aid USAGE EXAMPLES“Once the threat was stopped, the officer immediately began to provide medical aid to the student until emergency medical assistance arrived,” Soto said. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) Colorado became the sixth state to permit medical aid in dying in November, when voters approved a ballot measure 65 percent to 35 percent. Washington Times(Dec 05, 2016) The next morning, deputies received a medical aid call at Parades’ home. Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) n professional treatment for illness or injury Syn|Hypo|Hyper medical care primary care the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere) aftercarecare and treatment of a convalescent patient hospital care, hospitalisation, hospitalizationplacing in medical care in a hospital therapy(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) nursing carecare by a skilled nurse irrigation(medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution bandaging, binding, dressingthe act of applying a bandage holistic medicinemedical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors hospicea program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill injection, shotthe act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe bloodlettingformerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) defibrillationtreatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator) detoxificationtreatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver) disinfectiontreatment to destroy harmful microorganisms digitalisation, digitalizationthe administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders anticoagulationthe administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood allopathythe usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself homeopathy, homoeopathya method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated intensive careclose monitoring and constant medical care of patients with life-threatening conditions intradermal injectionan injection into the skin intramuscular injectionan injection into a muscle intravenous injectionan injection into a vein subcutaneous injectionan injection under the skin eye-drop, eyedropa method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists aromatherapythe therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage chemotherapythe use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) correctiontreatment of a specific defect electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanismthe therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) heliotherapy, insolationtherapeutic exposure to sunlight HRT, hormone replacement therapy, hormone-replacement therapyhormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis immunotherapytherapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system infrared therapythe use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to a particular area of the body inflation therapytherapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air EMDA, electromotive drug administration, ionic medication, iontophoresis, iontotherapytherapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues medicationthe act of treating with medicines or remedies megavitamin therapytherapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders occupational therapytherapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions doucheirrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents clyster, enemaan injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes lavagewashing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water phlebotomy, venesectionsurgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis cuppinga treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface physiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapytherapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities botanical medicine, herbal therapy, phytotherapythe use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) psychotherapythe treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means actinotherapy, irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance shock therapy, shock treatmenttreatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions speech therapyany therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech refrigerationdeliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes thermotherapythe use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles thrombolytic therapytherapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot chlorinationdisinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of chlorine or a chlorine compound intervention, treatment care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) |
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