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Conventional(medicine)
conventional(dictionary)
Conventional Therapy(health)
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Conventional medicine(health)
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Conventional Therapy (health) and hemilingual (medicine)


Conventional Therapy (health)


A system of diabetes Management practiced by most people with diabetes; the system consists of one or two insulin injections each day, daily self-monitoring of blood glucose, and a standard program of Nutrition and Exercise. The main objective in this form of treatment is to avoid very high and very low blood glucose (sugar). Also called: "Standard Therapy." |The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial has shown that intensive therapy, rather than conventional therapy, can reduce the risk of complications.





hemilingual (medicine)


hemilingual


Relating to one lateral half of the tongue.

Synonym: hemiglossal.

Origin: hemi-+ L. Lingua, tongue