Medical diagnosis

conclusion resulting from diagnostic procedure to determine a disease or disorder

distinguishing of a particular disease or condition from others that present similar clinical features

liquid originating from the inside of an organism, including fluids excreted or secreted, and body water that normally is not

In medicine, comorbidity refers to the simultaneous presence of two or more medical conditions in a person; often co-occurring (that is, concomitant or concurrent) with a primary condition. It originates from the Latin term (meaning "sickness") prefixed with ("together") and suffixed with -ity (to indicate a state or condition). Comorbidity includes all additional ailments a person may experience alongside a primary diagnosis, which can be either physiological or psychological in nature. In the context of mental health, comorbidity may refer to the concurrent existence of mental disorders, for

laboratory where tests are carried out on patients' or clients' or subjects' specimens to obtain information about the health status of the affected individuals to aid in diagnosis, treatment, research and prevention of disease

preventable adverse effect of medical care, whether evident or harmful to the patient or not

200px|thumbnail|right| A carbon-11 labelled radiopharmaceuticalRadiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes. Radiopharmaceuticals can be used as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Radiopharmaceuticals emit radiation themselves, which is different from contrast media which absorb or alter external electromagnetism or ultrasound. Radiopharmacology is the branch of pharmacology that specializes in these agents.

Pericardiocentesis (PCC), also called pericardial tap, is a medical procedure where fluid is aspirated from the pericardium (the sac enveloping the heart).

diagnostic procedure to investigate lumps using a thin needle, for histopathology or cytopathology

Cryoglobulinemia is a rare medical condition characterized by the presence of cryoglobulins in the blood. Cryoglobulins are abnormal proteins composed of immunoglobulins and sometimes complement components. Cryoglobulins specifically form gel-like solids by clumping together and becoming insoluble at temperatures below 37 °C.

pseudo-medicine technique, used in traditional medicine, in which reading the pulse is applied to the diagnosis of diseases

Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of disease that will never cause symptoms or death during a patient's ordinarily expected lifetime and thus presents no practical threat regardless of being pathologic. Overdiagnosis is a side effect of screening for early forms of disease. Although screening saves lives in some cases, in others it may turn people into patients unnecessarily and may lead to treatments that do no good and perhaps do harm. Given the tremendous variability that is normal in biology, it is inherent that the more one screens, the more incidental findings will generally be found. For a

the formation of sound waves following light absorption in a material

way of observing and describing a patient's current state of mind

labelling real experiences as delusional

diagnosis of a medical condition reached by a process of elimination

thumb|Immunolabeling - Antigen Detection of Tissue via Tagged Antigen-specific Antibody Immunolabeling is a biochemical process that enables the detection and localization of an antigen to a particular site within a cell, tissue, or organ. Antigens are organic molecules, usually proteins, capable of binding to an antibody. These antigens can be visualized using a combination of antigen-specific antibody as well as a means of detection, called a tag, that is covalently linked to the antibody. If the immunolabeling process is meant to reveal information about a cell or its substructures, the pro

thumb|Transmission electron micrograph of lead citrate stained microvesicles. Black bar is 100 nanometers

episode of House (S1 E2)

"first consider the obvious"