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   Osmotherapy
   Osmotherapy is a medical treatment, using intravenous injection or oral administration of an agent to induce dehydration. The goal of dehydration is to reduce the amount of accumulated fluid in the brain. The earliest description in medical literature dates back to 1919. == Etymology == The word co...
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   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...
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   osmotherapy
   osmotherapy 1. Treatment by the intravenous injection of hypertonic solutions to produce dehydration. 2. Treatment of cerebral edema and increased intracranial pressure with dehydration by means of intravenous injections of osmotically active substances, or by oral administration of glycerine, glyc...
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   osmotherapy
   Type: Term Pronunciation: oz′mō-ther′ă-pē Definitions: 1. 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, glycin...
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