PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY

Meaning of PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY in English

a form of cancer treatment in which a patient is exposed to light (e.g., ultraviolet light, light from a laser) after ingesting a light-sensitive chemical (e.g., hematoporphyrin), which accumulates in tumor tissue.

AIDS English Glossary. Английский словарь СПИДа. 2012

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY — Treatment that destroys cancer cells with lasers and drugs that become active when exposed to light.
English Dictionary of Medicine
PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY — Treatment with drugs that become active when exposed to light. These drugs kill cancer cells.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
THERAPY — terapie
English interlingue dictionary
THERAPY — noun (plural -pies) Etymology: New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein Date: circa 1846 therapeutic treatment especially of bodily, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHOTODYNAMIC — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1909 of, relating to, or having the property of intensifying or inducing a toxic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THERAPY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) behaviour therapy gene therapy group therapy client centered therapy occupational therapy radiation therapy respiratory …
Английский словарь Британика
THERAPY — ˈtherəpē, -pi noun ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia attendance, medical treatment, from therapeuein to attend, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHOTODYNAMIC — “+ adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary phot- + dynamic : of, relating to, or having the property of intensifying or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THERAPY — (n.) Therapeutics.
Английский словарь Webster
THERAPY — ( n. ) Therapeutics.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THERAPY — /ther"euh pee/ , n. , pl. therapies . 1. the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THERAPY — n. treatment designed to cure a disease or disorder
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PHOTODYNAMIC — adj. pertaining to the study of the influence of light on plants (Botany)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THERAPY — noun ( plural -pies ) Etymology: New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein Date: circa 1846 : therapeutic treatment …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHOTODYNAMIC — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1909 : of, relating to, or having the property of intensifying or inducing a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THERAPY — noun therapeutics.
Webster English vocab
THERAPY — ■ noun ( plural therapies ) treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder. ↘the treatment of mental or psychological …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PHOTODYNAMIC — ■ adjective Medicine denoting treatment for cancer involving the injection of a cytotoxic compound which is activated by a laser …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PHOTODYNAMIC — [pho.to.dy.nam.ic] adj [ISV] (1909): of, relating to, or having the property of intensifying or inducing a toxic reaction to light …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THERAPY — / ˈθerəpi; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ U , C ] the treatment of a physical …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THERAPY — ther ‧ a ‧ py /ˈθerəpi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural therapies ) [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Modern Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THERAPY — ( therapies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Therapy is the treatment …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THERAPY — (therapies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Therapy is the treatment of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THERAPY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a therapy/counselling session (= when someone is given personal advice ) ▪ At one point …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THERAPY — [noun] [U] - treatment which helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., esp. after an illnessoccupational therapyspeech therapygroup therapyJoining a …
Cambridge English vocab
THERAPY — n. behaviour therapy gene therapy gene transfer therapy group therapy client centered therapy occupational therapy radiation therapy respiratory therapy shock …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THERAPY — Synonyms and related words : Medicaid, Medicare, X ray, aerospace medicine, aid, analysis, assistance, benefit, biomedicine, blood bank, charity ward, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THERAPY — Cigarette-smoking sessions that must be conducted in a designated place. Example: I drove by the office building and saw a …
Slang English vocab
THERAPY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ alternative , complementary ▪ occupational , physical ( AmE ) ( physiotherapy in BrE ) ▪ drug …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THERAPY
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THERAPY — n. 1 remedy, treatment, remedial programme; cure As therapy, he suggested I swim a mile every day 2 psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THERAPY — See Conceptual therapy
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
THERAPY — сущ. лечение, терапия music therapy ≈ музыкальная терапия recreational therapy ≈ лечение отдыхом electro-convulsive therapy electro-shock therapy group therapy inhalation …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THERAPY — therapy.ogg ʹθerəpı n 1> лечение, терапия X-ray therapy - лучевая терапия cancer therapy - терапия рака speech physical therapy - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THERAPY — терапия microwave therapy apparatus — аппарат терапии УВЧ
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THERAPY — n 1> лечение, терапия X-ray therapy - лучевая терапия cancer therapy - терапия рака speech physical therapy - логопедия физиотерапия …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THERAPY — сущ. лечение, терапия music therapy — музыкальная терапия recreational therapy — лечение отдыхом - electro-convulsive therapy - electro-shock therapy - …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THERAPY — сущ. лечение, терапия music therapy — музыкальная терапия recreational therapy — лечение отдыхом - electro-convulsive therapy - electro-shock therapy - group therapy - inhalation therapy - occupational therapy - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
THERAPY — сущ. лечение, терапия music therapy ≈ музыкальная терапия recreational therapy ≈ лечение отдыхом electro-convulsive therapy electro-shock therapy group therapy inhalation …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PHOTODYNAMIC EFFECT — фотодинамический эффект
Англо-Русский физический словарь
PHOTODYNAMICALLY — adverb see: photodynamic
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHOTODYNAMICALLY — adverb see photodynamic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YELLOWSIS — ˈyelōsə̇s noun ( plural yellow·ses -ōˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from English yellow (I) + New Latin -sis : a photodynamic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GEELDIKKOP — gēlˈdiˌkäp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Afrikaans, from geel yellow + dikkop, a disease of sheep, from dik thick + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHOTODYNAMICS — — photodynamic, photodynamical , adj. — photodynamically , adv. /foh'toh duy nam"iks/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GEELDIKKOP — n. acute photodynamic disease in sheep in South Africa resulting from sensitization to light subsequent to the ingestion of some …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PHOTODYNAMICALLY — see photodynamic
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TALAPORFIN SODIUM — A drug used in photodynamic therapy. When absorbed by cancer cells and exposed to light, the drug becomes active and …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
PORFIMER SODIUM — A drug used to treat some types of cancer. When absorbed by cancer cells and exposed to light, porfimer sodium …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
PHOTOSENSITIZER — A drug used in photodynamic therapy. When absorbed by cancer cells and exposed to light, the drug becomes active and …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
MOTEXAFIN LUTETIUM — A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer using photodynamic therapy. It belongs to the family of …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
METHYL-5-AMINOLEVULINATE — A drug used in photodynamic therapy; it is absorbed by tumor cells and, when exposed to light, becomes active and …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
LUTETIUM TEXAPHYRIN — A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer using photodynamic therapy. It belongs to the family of …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE THERAPY — LED therapy. Treatment with drugs that become active and may kill cancer cells when exposed to light. LED therapy is …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
LASER — A device that concentrates light into an intense, narrow beam used to cut or destroy tissue. It is used in …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE — A drug used in photodynamic therapy that is absorbed by tumor cells. When exposed to light, it becomes active and …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
DIHEMATOPORPHYRIN ETHER — Used in photodynamic therapy, a drug that is absorbed by tumor cells; when exposed to light, it becomes active and …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
AMINOLEVULINIC ACID — A drug used in photodynamic therapy that is absorbed by tumor cells; when exposed to light, it becomes active and …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
PHOTOFRIN — A drug used to treat some types of cancer. When absorbed by cancer cells and exposed to light, porfimer sodium …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
LED THERAPY — Light-emitting diode therapy. Treatment with drugs that become active and may kill cancer cells when exposed to light. LED therapy …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
HPPH — 2-(1-hexyloxyethyl)-2-devinyl pyropheophorbide-a. A drug that is used in photodynamic therapy that is absorbed by tumor cells; when exposed to light, …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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