SUBSTITUTIVE MEDICATION
\sˈʌbstɪtjˌuːtɪv mˌɛdɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˈʌbstɪtjˌuːtɪv mˌɛdɪkˈeɪʃən], \s_ˈʌ_b_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˌuː_t_ɪ_v m_ˌɛ_d_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The substitution of a local inflammation, produced by some therapeutic agent, for the primary inflammation of a disease. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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oberlin college
- Oberlin, Ohio, 1833 as the "Collegiate Institute," but changed name in 1850. It founded by Congregationalists. Its theological department was opened 1835.