Description of Cytoprotection. Cytoprotection: protection of a cell against harm or harmful agents by chemicals or biologicals. Cytoprotection: The process by which chemical compounds provide protection to cells against harmful agents.
Systematic Desensitization. Systematic desensitization is a type of behavioral therapy based on the principle of classical conditioning. It was developed by Wolpe during the 1950s. This therapy aims to remove the fear response of a phobia, and substitute a relaxation response to the conditional stimulus gradually using counter conditioning.
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of systematic desensitization): exposure therapy (a form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation)