therapeutic purpose

collocation in English

meaningsoftherapeuticandpurpose

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therapeutic
adjective
uk
/ˌθer.əˈpjuː.tɪk/us
/ˌθer.əˈpjuː.t̬ɪk/
relating to the curing of a disease or ...
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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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The violence served atherapeuticpurpose.
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The goal was also to establish a presumptive diagnosis of pneumonia that can be useful for both prognostic and therapeutic purposes.
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The recent emphasis on radiation protection of patients is helping in developing strategies to reduce radiation doses to patient without compromising on diagnostic ortherapeuticpurpose.
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For therapeutic purposes, lesions can also be excised under ultrasound guidance with new technology such as mammotome excision.
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In fact, they would be appalled at any suggestion of the cathartic ortherapeuticpurposeof rituals.
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If they wished to donate for a particulartherapeuticpurpose, the bodies would be so used.
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Such feed should only be used for thistherapeuticpurpose; they should only be used under strict licence and under strict supervision.
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This is the type which has for its object the exercise of certain parts, the building-up of wasted muscles, the breaking-down of stiffened tissues—a realtherapeuticpurpose.
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The following table contains procedures performed on domesticated animals that may or may not have a purportedtherapeuticpurpose.
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Thus, certification of a batch of serum for therapeutic purposes involved an enormous amount of bureaucratic paperwork.
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Dissemination of information to colleagues must be for clinical or therapeutic purposes only.
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The first is that we do not yet know whether adult cells will prove as good as embryonic cells for therapeutic purposes.
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This article outlines the arguments in favour of the use of ultrasound by surgeons in the breast clinic for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
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Antimicrobials (except coccidiostats) are rarely used, and only for therapeutic purposes.
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Many different protocols have been proposed for diagnostic, investigative and therapeutic purposes.
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The second is that it might turn out that adult cells will be good for some therapeutic purposes and human embryonic stem cells for others.
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No one is allowed to purchase certain drugs even for therapeutic purposes without a physician's prescription.
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The use of ultrasound of the breast by a breast surgeon for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes is a useful and safe adjunct to current practice.
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Finally, the concept of directing and instructing the brain immune response for therapeutic purposes will be discussed.
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