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Nervous System & Psychiatry - Q – Therapeutic Terms of Nervous System & A – Mean
Question | Answer |
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chemotherapy | treatment of malignancies, infections, and other diseases with chemical agents to destroy selected cells or impair their ability to reproduce |
radiation therapy | treatment of neoplastic disease using ionizing radiation to impede the proliferation of malignant cells |
stereotactic or stereotaxic | radiation treatment to inactivate malignant lesions using |
radiosurgery | multiple, precise external radiation beams focused on a target with the aid of a stereotactic frame and imaging such as CT, MRI, or angiography; used to treat inoperable brain tumors and other lesions |
stereotactic or stereotaxic | mechanical device used to localize a point in space, |
analgesic | agent that relieves pain |
anticonvulsant | agent that prevents or lessens convulsion |
hypnotic | agent that induces sleep |