network therapy

individual psychotherapy or family therapy in which an attempt is made to involve not only immediate family members but also other relatives, friends, and neighbors as sources of emotional support and possible vocational opportunity. See also social-network therapy.

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January 22nd 2025

auscultation

n. a diagnostic method in which the examiner listens for sounds within the body either with the aid of a stethoscope (mediate auscultation) or directly by laying the ear on the surface of the body (immediate auscultation).