See Also: osmotherapy(medicine)

headman (oh) and osmotherapy (medicine)


headman (oh)



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the most important man in a village where a tribe lives
-synonym chief chief

osmotherapy (medicine)


osmotherapy
Dehydration by means of intravenous injections of hypertonic solutions of sodium chloride, dextrose, urea, mannitol, or Other osmotically active substances, or by oral administration of glycerine, isosorbide, glycine, etc.; used in the treatment of cerebral oedema and increased intracranial pressure.

Origin: osmosis + therapy