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| A type of acupuncture based on a form of Oriental medicine in which treatment is based on a person’s constitution. According to this type of medicine, the constitution is the specific way a person’s organs affect health and how he or she looks, thinks, behaves, and responds to treatment. Also called Korean acupuncture. |
Previous Definitions: | connective tissue, consecutive case series, Consensus Development Program, consolidation therapy, constipation | Next Definitions: | contiguous, contiguous lymphoma, continent reservoir, contingency management, continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion |
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