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INTERVENTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("intervention" is a kind of...):
aid; attention; care; tending (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something)
Meronyms (parts of "intervention"):
curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intervention"):
rest-cure (rest as a medical treatment for stress or anxiety etc.)
hydropathy; hydrotherapy (the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease)
autogenic therapy; autogenic training; autogenics (training patients in self-induced relaxation)
acupressure; G-Jo; shiatsu (treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body)
acupuncture; stylostixis (treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin)
osteoclasis (treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone)
osteopathy (therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles)
orthoptics (treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles))
orthodontic treatment (dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy; treatment is usually by braces or mechanical aids)
naprapathy (a drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues)
naturopathy (a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process)
fomentation (application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation)
chiropractic (a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure)
detoxification (a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances)
modality (a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment)
massage (kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation)
medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings
Example:
the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("intervention" is a kind of...):
legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
Synonyms:
interposition; intervention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("intervention" is a kind of...):
emplacement; locating; location; placement; position; positioning (the act of putting something in a certain place)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
Example:
it occurs without human intervention
Synonyms:
intercession; intervention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("intervention" is a kind of...):
engagement; involution; involvement; participation (the act of sharing in the activities of a group)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intervention"):
intermediation; mediation (the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement)
Derivation:
intervene (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
Synonyms:
interference; intervention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("intervention" is a kind of...):
foreign policy (a policy governing international relations)
Antonym:
nonintervention (a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes)
Context examples:
The anatomic site at which medical intervention is administered.
(Application Site, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): Experimental, Active Comparator, Placebo Comparator, Sham Comparator, No intervention, Other
(Arm Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
An intervention during the childbirth process to help the laboring mother deliver her baby.
(Assisted Labor, NCI Thesaurus)
This category deals with natural and biologically- based interventions and practices.
(Biologically Based Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
A characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biologic processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention.
(Biomarker, Food and Drug Administration)
Although the Northwestern scientists have not yet studied the effect of repeated nights of stimulation, this method could be a viable intervention for longer-term use in the home.
(Sound Waves Boost Older Adult' Memory, Deep Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A characteristic of experiment design in which one or more groups involved (receiving, administering, or evaluating intervention) are unaware of which intervention any particular subject is receiving.
(Blinded, NCI Thesaurus)
Minimal interventions directed at individuals that do not involve a health care provider, such as self-help and telephone counseling.
(Minimal Contact Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)
An experience that is usually transient, and requires no special treatment or intervention.
(Mild Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)
Study subjects in the study may receive diagnostic, therapeutic, or other interventions, but the investigator does not assign specific interventions to the study subjects or experimental units of the study.
(Observational Study Protocol Version, NCI Thesaurus)
