Medical terminology

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valid reason to use a certain test, medication, procedure, or surgery

specific disease or injury resulting in a human's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate

blood pressure in the venae cavae, near the right atrium of the heart

Pathognomonic (synonym pathognomic) is a term, often used in medicine, that means "characteristic for a particular disease". A pathognomonic sign is a particular sign whose presence means that a particular disease is present beyond any doubt. The absence of a pathognomonic sign does not rule out the disease. Labelling a sign or symptom "pathognomonic" represents a marked intensification of a "diagnostic" sign or symptom.

undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other medical intervention

Phoniatrics or phoniatry is the study and treatment of organs involved in speech production, mainly the mouth, throat (larynx), vocal cords, and lungs. Problems treated in phoniatrics include dysfunction of the vocal cords, cancer of the vocal cords or larynx, inability to control the speech organs properly (speech disorders), and vocal loading problems.

language used in the field of medicine to precisely describe the human body including its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it

thumb|260px|(a) Bilateral anophthalmia. (b) Bilateral microphthalmia. (c) Unilateral anophthalmia with shell (right eye) Anophthalmia (Greek: ἀνόφθαλμος, "without eye") is the medical term for the absence of one or both eyes. Both the globe and the ocular tissue are missing from the orbit. The absence of the eye will cause a small bony orbit, a constricted mucosal socket, short eyelids, reduced palpebral fissure and malar prominence. Genetic mutations, chromosomal abnormalities, and prenatal environment can all cause anophthalmia. Anophthalmia is an extremely rare disease and is mostly rooted

Diagnosis (: diagnoses) is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon. Diagnosis is used in a lot of different disciplines, with variations in the use of logic, analytics, and experience, to determine "cause and effect". In systems engineering and computer science, it is typically used to determine the causes of symptoms, mitigations, and solutions.

amount of time spent using a device such as a smartphone, computer, television, or video game console

An epiphenomenon (plural: epiphenomena) is a secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside or in parallel to a primary phenomenon. The word has two senses: one that connotes known causation and one that connotes absence of causation or reservation of judgment about it.

extent to which the patient follows prescribed treatment responsibly, in the broader sense including both medication and appointments

constellation of factors that increase one's susceptibility to specified diseases or disorders

surgical techniques that limit the size of incisions needed

In medicine, agenesis () refers to the failure of an organ to develop during embryonic growth and development due to the absence of primordial tissue. Many forms of agenesis are referred to by individual names, depending on the organ affected:

Efficacy is the ability to perform a task to a satisfactory or expected degree. The word comes from the same roots as effectiveness, and it has often been used synonymously, although in pharmacology a distinction is now often made between efficacy and effectiveness.

condition of abnormally deep sleep or a stupor from which it is difficult to rouse

surgical procedure

cellular proliferation that results in abnormal growths in the body, which do not invade or destroy the surrounding tissue, but in time will transform into a cancer

thumb|right|Detecting whether medics have inadvertently transferred fluids to their clothing during a training sequence using simulated bodily fluids carrying an ultraviolet dye A fomite () or fomes () is any inanimate object that, when contaminated with or exposed to infectious agents (such as pathogenic bacteria, viruses or fungi), can transfer disease to a new host.

typical temperature range found in humans

medical procedure

systemic disease is one that affects a number of organs and tissues, or affects the body as a whole

Aplasia (; from Greek a, "not", "no" + plasis, "formation") is a birth defect where an organ or tissue is wholly or largely absent. It is caused by a defect in a developmental process.

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A cure is a substance or procedure that resolves a medical condition. This may include a medication, a surgical operation, a lifestyle change, or even a philosophical shift that alleviates a person's suffering or achieves a state of healing. The medical condition can be a disease, mental illness or genetic disorder.

A sequela (, ; usually used in the plural, sequelae ) is a pathological condition resulting from a disease, injury, therapy, or other trauma. Derived from the Latin word meaning "sequel", it is used in the medical field to mean a complication or condition following a prior illness or disease.

difficult state in which a person is unable to completely adapt to stressors and their resulting stress and shows maladaptive behaviors

subclass of scar

term for extra-cellular interstitial fluid surrounding bodily organs

classification system for the billing procedure in hospitals

shrinking or return of an organ to a former size

medical field that takes social context into account

loss of tooth substance by mechanical contact with objects other than tooth-tooth contact

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a medical diagnostic test that is quick and easy to perform, suitable for preliminary or emergency medical screening and for use in medical facilities with limited resources

Gliosis is a nonspecific reactive change of glial cells in response to damage to the central nervous system (CNS). In most cases, gliosis involves the proliferation or hypertrophy of several different types of glial cells, including astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes. In its most extreme form, the proliferation associated with gliosis leads to the formation of a glial scar.

document with the aim of guiding decisions and criteria in healthcare

right|thumb|Nurse using a mobile phone in Accra, Ghana mHealth (also written as m-health or mhealth), an abbreviation for mobile health, is the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices. The term is most commonly used in reference to using mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones, tablet computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wearable devices such as smart watches, for health services, information, and data collection. The mHealth field has emerged as a sub-segment of eHealth and digital health, the use of information and communication technol

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

Calcinosis is the formation of calcium deposits in any soft tissue. It is a rare condition that has many different causes. These range from infection and injury to systemic diseases like kidney failure.

type of survival rate

Cluttering is a speech and communication disorder characterized by a rapid rate of speech, erratic rhythm, and poor syntax or grammar, making speech difficult to understand.

publication type, detailed medical report on the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient

systemised approach to medical treatment concerning the standardisation of care processes

type of death (natural / not natural)

excision of a cone of tissue, especially of the cervix uteri

air that does not take part in gas exchange

Shrinkage of the breasts

series of actions that help to reduce the mortality associated with sudden cardiac arrest

medical condition that impairs normal functioning of bodily processes

test for strep throat

process of medicine done to heal; course of action intended to achieve a result in the delivery of healthcare

medical diagnostic testing performed at or near the time and place of patient care

discussing professional issues in a structured way with another professional in the field of counseling

medical condition

sexual behavior risking contracting sexually transmitted disease or pregnancy

thumb | right | Female breasts with anisomastia Anisomastia is a medical condition in which there is a severe asymmetry or unequalness in the size of the breasts, generally related to a difference in volume. In other words, when one of the breasts is much larger than the other. In contrast to anisomastia, a slight asymmetry of the breasts is common. Anisomastia may be corrected by surgical breast augmentation or reduction.