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ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY

Specialty Definition: ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY

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Medicine

A method of treating victims of acute diarrhoea by given them, orally, fluids containing oral rehydration salts which contain special substances to combat rehydration, such as sodium chloride, glucose, trisodium citrate or potassium chloride. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY

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Books

  • The Politics of Primary Health Care and Child Survival: With an In-Depth Look at Oral Rehydration Therapy (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY

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Health

For persons with healthy immune systems, rotavirus gastroenteritis is a self-limited illness, lasting for only a few days. Treatment is nonspecific and consists of oral rehydration therapy to prevent dehydration. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

oral rehydration therapy

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY

Language Translations for "ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

behandeling door orale toediening van glucose en zoutoplossingen. (various references)

   

French

  

traitement de réhydratation par voie orale. (various references)

   

German

  

orale Rehydratation. (various references)

   

Italian

  

reidratazione per via orale. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oralay ehydrationray erapythay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Bibliography


  

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