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Medical terminology
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The list Medical terminology includes
Patient, Symptom, Disease, Speech-language pathology and Conservative management.
The list consists of 59 members
and 13 sublists.
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Syndrome
Association of several clinically recognizable featuresOverview: A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms which are correlated with each other and often associated with a particular disease or disorder. The word derives from the Greek σύνδρομον, meaning "c ...
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Anatomical terms of location
standard terms for unambiguous description of relative placement of body parts
Overview: Standard anatomical terms of location are used to describe unambiguously the anatomy of animals, including humans. The terms, typically derived from Latin or Greek roots, describe something in its standard ... 0
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Disease
Abnormal condition that negatively affects an organism
Overview: A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to ... 0
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Manner of death
Legal classifications of death
Overview: In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and recorded as a vital statistic. Within the United ... 0
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Minimally invasive procedure
Surgical technique that limits size of surgical incisions needed
Overview: Minimally invasive procedures (also known as minimally invasive surgeries) encompass surgical techniques that limit the size of incisions needed and so lessen wound healing time, associated pain and risk ... 0
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Idiosyncrasy
Unusual personal characteristicOverview: An idiosyncrasy is an unusual feature of a person (though there are also other uses, see below). It can also mean an odd habit. The term is often used to express eccentricity or peculiarity. A synonym ... 0
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Body fluid
Liquids inside of the human body, sometimes excreted or secreted
Overview: Body fluids, bodily fluids, or biofluids are liquids within the human body. In lean healthy adult men, the total body water is about 60% (60-67%) of the total body weight; it is usually slightly lower ... 0
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Idiopathic disease
Disease with unknown pathogenesis or apparently spontaneous originOverview: An idiopathic disease is any disease with an unknown cause or mechanism of apparent spontaneous origin. From Greek ἴδιος idios "one's own" and πάθος pathos "suffering", idiopathy means approximately "a ... 0
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Acute (medicine)
disease with a rapid onset and/or a short courseOverview: In medicine, describing a disease as acute denotes that it is of recent onset; it occasionally denotes a short duration. The quantification of how much time constitutes "short" and "recent" varies by ... 0
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Deinstitutionalisation
process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services
Overview: Deinstitutionalisation (or deinstitutionalization) is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for those diagnosed with a mental disorder ... 0
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Chronic condition
human health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effectsOverview: A chronic condition (also known as chronic disease or chronic illness) is a health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time. The ... 0
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Patient
person who takes a medical treatment or is subject of a case studyOverview: A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist ... 0
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Medical diagnosis
practices to determine medical causation
Overview: Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx, Dx, or Ds) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. It is most often referred to as a diagnosis with the medical ... 0
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Symptom
clinical symptom or sign as a first-order metaclass: to be used as P31 values for all symptom or sign classes, and instances are classes (e. g. sneezing or coughing)
Overview: Signs and symptoms are diagnostic indications of an illness, injury, or condition. 0
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Preventive healthcare
Prevent and minimize the occurrence of diseases
Overview: Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents ... 0
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17.Overview: Conservative management is a type of medical treatment defined by the avoidance of invasive measures such as surgery or other invasive procedures, usually with the intent to preserve function or body ... 0
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Terminal cleaning
Sanitisation method
Overview: Terminal cleaning is a cleaning method used in healthcare environments to control the spread of infections. 0
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Radiofrequency ablation
Surgical procedure
Overview: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a medical procedure in which part of the electrical conduction system of the heart, tumor or other dysfunctional tissue is ablated using the heat generated from medium ... 0
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Dead on arrival
Person who died before professionals saw themOverview: Dead on arrival (DOA), also dead in the field and brought in dead (BID), indicates that a patient was found to be already clinically dead upon the arrival of professional medical assistance, often in the ... 0
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Stillbirth 6TDeath 21T
