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Therapeutics

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Definition: Procedures concerned with the remedial treatment or prevention of diseases.  avoid: too general: prefer /ther with diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.72; DF: THER   
Examples Acoustic Stimulation; Airway Management; Apitherapy; Balneology; Bariatrics; Bed Rest; Behavior Control; Biological Therapy; Blood Component Removal; Catheterization; Cautery; Chronotherapy; Clinical Protocols; Combined Modality Therapy; Complementary Therapies; Cosmetic Techniques; Cryotherapy; Decompression; Delayed Diagnosis; Directly Observed Therapy; Drainage; Drug Therapy; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Emergency Treatment; Endotamponade; Feeding Methods; Fetal Therapies; Hemodilution; Hemostatic Techniques; Hydrotherapy; Hygiene; Hyperthermia, Induced; Individualized Medicine; Insufflation; Intubation; Ischemic Postconditioning; Ischemic Preconditioning; Laser Therapy; Leeching; Lithotripsy; Magnetic Field Therapy; Mechanical Thrombolysis; Nutrition Therapy; Organ Sparing Treatments; Orthokeratologic Procedures; Orthopedic Procedures; Orthoptics; Pain Management; Patient Care; Patient Isolation; Phototherapy; Physical Therapy Modalities; Placebos; Preservation, Biological; Prosthesis Fitting; Punctures; Radiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Rejuvenation; Remission Induction; Renal Replacement Therapy; Reproductive Techniques; Respiratory Therapy; Retreatment; Rewarming; Salvage Therapy; Self Care; Sex Reassignment Procedures; Sorption Detoxification; Climatotherapy; Therapeutic Occlusion; Therapies, Investigational; Therapy, Computer-Assisted; Therapy with Helminths 		Other names Treatments; Therapeutic; Treatment

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