| accommodation reflex | reflex changes in the eyes that enable an object to be focused on the retina |
Babinski
Babinski reflex
Babinski sign | extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front, normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons |
| subcutaneous injection | an injection under the skin |
| massage | kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation |
cardiac massage
heart massage | an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest |
| Swedish massage | massage combined with a system of active and passive exercises for the muscles and joints |
| therapy | (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.), the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury, he tried every treatment the doctors suggested, heat therapy gave the best relief |
hormone replacement therapy
hormoneeplacement therapy
HRT | hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women, believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis |
| infrared therapy | the 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 therapy | therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air |
| megavitamin therapy | therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders |
| occupational therapy | therapy 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 |
physical therapy
physiotherapy
physiatrics | therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities |
phytotherapy
herbal therapy
botanical medicine | the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) |
behavior therapy
behavior modification | psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior |
| aversion therapy | any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way, primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success) |
| exposure therapy | a form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation |
implosion therapy
flooding | a technique used in behavior therapy, client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them |
reciprocal inhibition
reciprocal-inhibition therapy | a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it, a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety |
| cliententered therapy | a method of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client determines the focus and pace of each session |
group therapy
group psychotherapy | psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist, interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic |
| family therapy | any of several therapeutic approaches in which a family is treated as a whole |
| play therapy | form of psychotherapy for children that uses play situations for diagnosis or treatment |
radiotherapy
radiation therapy
radiation actinotherapy
irradiation | (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance |
radium therapy
Curietherapy | the use of radium in radiation therapy |
| Xay therapy | the therapeutic use of X rays |
shock therapy
shock treatment | treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions |
electroconvulsive therapy
electroshock
electroshock therapy
ECT | the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma |
insulin shock
insulin shock therapy
insulin shock treatment | the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma |
metrazol shock
metrazol shock therapy
metrazol shock treatment | the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma |
| speech therapy | any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech |
| thrombolytic therapy | therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot |
autogenic therapy
autogenic training
autogenics | training patients in self-induced relaxation |
defecation reflex
rectal reflex | normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum |
reflex
reflex response
reflex action
instinctive reflex
innate reflex
inborn reflex
unconditioned reflex
physiological reaction | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
conditional reflex
conditioned reflex
acquired reflex
conditional reaction
conditioned reaction
conditional response
conditioned response | an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus |
knee jerk
knee-jerk reflex
patellar reflex | a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon |
startle reflex
Moro reflex | a normal reflex of young infants, a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs |
light reflex
pupillary reflex
miosis
myosis | reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller |
| micturition reflex | relaxation of the urethral sphincter in response to increased pressure in the bladder |
pharyngeal reflex
gag reflex | normal reflex consisting of retching, may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth |
pilomotor reflex
gooseflesh
goose bump
goosebump
goose pimple
goose skin
horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
| plantar reflex | flexion of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front in persons over the age of years, under years the results should be extension of the toes (Babinski reflex) |
| rooting reflex | reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek |
stretch reflex
myotactic reflex | reflex contraction of a muscle when an attached tendon is pulled, important in maintaining erect posture |
| suckling reflex | reflex behavior in newborn mammals, includes finding and grasping the nipple in the mouth and sucking on it and swallowing the milk |
| embryonic tissue | tissue in an embryo |
connection
connexion
connector
connecter
connective | an instrumentality that connects, he soldered the connection, he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers |
drug cocktail
highly active antiretroviral therapy
HAART | a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors, used in treating AIDS and HIV |
| massage parlor | a business establishment that offers therapeutic massage |