Oregon DHS: Pain management glossary: terms

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Pain Management

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Pain management: Glossary of terms A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z -A- Ablative surgery Acupressure Acupuncture Addiction Adjuvant analgesic drug Aikido Anxiolysis Anxiolytic Aromatherapy -B- Behavioral techniques Biofeedback training Breakthrough pain Breathwork Back to top -C- Chi Kung (Qi Gong) Cognitive reappraisal Conscious sedation Counterirritant Cryoanalqesia Cryotherapy Crystals -D- Deafferentation pain Distraction Dysesthesia -E- Electromagnetism EMLA (eutectic mixture of local anesthetic) Energy field work Epidural Equianalgesic -F- Feng Shui Flower remedies Back to top -G- Guided imagery -H- Homeopathy Hyperpathia Hypnotherapy -I- Iatrogenic Incident pain Intrapleural Intrathecal -J- Jin Shin Jutsu -L- Lancinating Light and color therapy Local nerve block -M- Magnetic therapy Meditation Mixed opioid agonist-antagonist Movement-related pain Mucositis Myofascial pain -N- Neurolytic block Neuropathic pain Nociception NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) Back to top -O- Opiate receptor Opioid agonist Opioid partial agonist -P- Pain threshold level Palliative therapy Paradoxical reaction PCA (patient controlled analgesia) Peridural Perineural Physical dependence Progressive muscle relaxation Pseudoaddiction Pseudotolerance Psychosocial intervention -R- Reiki -S- Sound therapy Suffering Back to top -T- Tactile strategies TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) Tolerance -Y- Yoga Back to top

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