- expectant treatment
- treatment designed only to relieve untoward symptoms, leaving the cure mainly to nature.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
expectant treatment
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expectant treatment — expectant method or expectant treatment, a method of treating certain diseases by letting them run their normal course without attempting more than the checking of certain symptoms and conditions: »Cholera is treated by the expectant method … Useful english dictionary
expectant treatment — ilgalaikis gydymas statusas T sritis apsauga nuo naikinimo priemonių apibrėžtis Sužeistų, nukentėjusių ir susirgusių karių gydymas gydymo įstaigose (ligoninėse, ligoninių bazėse). atitikmenys: angl. expectant treatment rus. длительное лечение … Apsaugos nuo naikinimo priemonių enciklopedinis žodynas
expectant method — or expectant treatment, a method of treating certain diseases by letting them run their normal course without attempting more than the checking of certain symptoms and conditions: »Cholera is treated by the expectant method … Useful english dictionary
Expectant — Ex*pect ant, a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.] Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. [1913 Webster] {Expectant estate} (Law), an … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Expectant estate — Expectant Ex*pect ant, a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.] Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. [1913 Webster] {Expectant estate} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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ilgalaikis gydymas — statusas T sritis apsauga nuo naikinimo priemonių apibrėžtis Sužeistų, nukentėjusių ir susirgusių karių gydymas gydymo įstaigose (ligoninėse, ligoninių bazėse). atitikmenys: angl. expectant treatment rus. длительное лечение … Apsaugos nuo naikinimo priemonių enciklopedinis žodynas
