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118 relations: Amsterdam criteria, Anatomy, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greek, Association (psychology), Babylonia, Blood test, Brill Publishers, Cancer, Cause (medicine), Centor criteria, Chief complaint, Chiropractic, Classification rule, Clinical case definition, Clinical decision support system, Clinician, Comorbidity, Computer-aided diagnosis, Correlation, Dementia, Dentist, Diagnosis, Diagnosis code, Diagnosis of exclusion, Diagnosis-related group, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Differential diagnosis, Disease, Doctor's visit, Dual diagnosis, Edwin Smith Papyrus, Empiricism, Erythema, Esagil-kin-apli, Etiology, Floruit, Gait, Genetic testing, Greenstick fracture, Guilford Press, Health care provider, Health professional, Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, Hippocrates, Homeostasis, Huangdi Neijing, Human skin, Hypothesis, Imhotep, ... Expand index (68 more) »
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Amsterdam criteria
The Amsterdam criteria are a set of diagnostic criteria used by doctors to help identify families which are likely to have Lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC).
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Anatomy
Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
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Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
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Association (psychology)
Association in psychology refers to a mental connection between concepts, events, or mental states that usually stems from specific experiences.
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Babylonia
Babylonia (𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria and Iran).
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Blood test
A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick.
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Brill Publishers
Brill Academic Publishers, also known as E. J. Brill, Koninklijke Brill, Brill, is a Dutch international academic publisher of books and journals.
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Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
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Cause (medicine)
Cause, also known as etiology and aetiology, is the reason or origination of something.
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Centor criteria
The Centor criteria are a set of criteria which may be used to identify the likelihood of a bacterial infection in patients complaining of a sore throat.
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Chief complaint
The chief complaint, formally known as CC in the medical field, or termed presenting complaint (PC) in Europe and Canada, forms the second step of medical history taking. Medical diagnosis and chief complaint are medical terminology.
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Chiropractic
Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine.
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Classification rule
Given a population whose members each belong to one of a number of different sets or classes, a classification rule or classifier is a procedure by which the elements of the population set are each predicted to belong to one of the classes.
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Clinical case definition
In epidemiology, a clinical case definition, a clinical definition, or simply a case definition lists the clinical criteria by which public health professionals determine whether a person's illness is included as a case in an outbreak investigation—that is, whether a person is considered directly affected by an outbreak.
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Clinical decision support system
A clinical decision support system (CDSS) is a health information technology that provides clinicians, staff, patients, and other individuals with knowledge and person-specific information to help health and health care.
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Clinician
A clinician is a health care professional typically employed at a skilled nursing facility or clinic.
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Comorbidity
In medicine, comorbidity refers to the simultaneous presence of two or more medical conditions in a patient; often co-occurring (that is, concomitant or concurrent) with a primary condition.
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Computer-aided diagnosis
Computer-aided detection (CADe), also called computer-aided diagnosis (CADx), are systems that assist doctors in the interpretation of medical images.
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Correlation
In statistics, correlation or dependence is any statistical relationship, whether causal or not, between two random variables or bivariate data.
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Dementia
Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform everyday activities.
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Dentist
A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a health care professional who specializes in dentistry, the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth.
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Diagnosis
Diagnosis (diagnoses) is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon. Medical diagnosis and Diagnosis are medical terminology.
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Diagnosis code
In health care, diagnosis codes are used as a tool to group and identify diseases, disorders, symptoms, poisonings, adverse effects of drugs and chemicals, injuries and other reasons for patient encounters.
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Diagnosis of exclusion
A diagnosis of exclusion or by exclusion (per exclusionem) is a diagnosis of a medical condition reached by a process of elimination, which may be necessary if presence cannot be established with complete confidence from history, examination or testing. Medical diagnosis and diagnosis of exclusion are medical terminology.
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Diagnosis-related group
Diagnosis-related group (DRG) is a system to classify hospital cases into one of originally 467 groups, with the last group (coded as 470 through v24, 999 thereafter) being "Ungroupable". Medical diagnosis and Diagnosis-related group are medical terminology.
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria.
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Differential diagnosis
In healthcare, a differential diagnosis (DDx) is a method of analysis that distinguishes a particular disease or condition from others that present with similar clinical features. Medical diagnosis and differential diagnosis are medical terminology.
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Disease
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. Medical diagnosis and disease are medical terminology.
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Doctor's visit
A doctor's visit, also known as a physician office visit or a consultation, or a ward round in an inpatient care context, is a meeting between a patient with a physician to get health advice or treatment plan for a symptom or condition, most often at a professional health facility such as a doctor's office, clinic or hospital.
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Dual diagnosis
Dual diagnosis (also called co-occurring disorders (COD) or dual pathology) is the condition of having a mental illness and a comorbid substance use disorder.
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Edwin Smith Papyrus
The Edwin Smith Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical text, named after Edwin Smith who bought it in 1862, and the oldest known surgical treatise on trauma.
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Empiricism
In philosophy, empiricism is an epistemological view which holds that true knowledge or justification comes only or primarily from sensory experience and empirical evidence.
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Erythema
Erythema is redness of the skin or mucous membranes, caused by hyperemia (increased blood flow) in superficial capillaries.
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Esagil-kin-apli
Esagil-kin-apli, was the ummânū, or chief scholar, of Babylonian king Adad-apla-iddina, 1067–1046 BCE, as he appears on the Uruk List of Sages and Scholars (165 BCE)W 20030,7 the Seleucid List of Sages and Scholars, obverse line 16, recovered from Anu’s Bīt Rēš temple during the 1959/60 excavation.
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Etiology
Etiology (alternatively spelled aetiology or ætiology) is the study of causation or origination.
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Floruit
Floruit (abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active.
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Gait
Gait is the pattern of movement of the limbs of animals, including humans, during locomotion over a solid substrate.
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Genetic testing
Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, is used to identify changes in DNA sequence or chromosome structure.
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Greenstick fracture
A greenstick fracture is a fracture in a young, soft bone in which the bone bends and breaks.
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Guilford Press
Guilford Press or Guilford Publications, Inc. is a New York City-based independent publisher founded in 1973 that specializes in publishing books and journals in psychology, psychiatry, the behavioral sciences, education, geography, and research methods.
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Health care provider
A health care provider is an individual health professional or a health facility organization licensed to provide health care diagnosis and treatment services including medication, surgery and medical devices.
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Health professional
A health professional, healthcare professional, or healthcare worker (sometimes abbreviated HCW) is a provider of health care treatment and advice based on formal training and experience.
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Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a hereditary predisposition to colon cancer.
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Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Kos (Hippokrátēs ho Kôios), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.
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Homeostasis
In biology, homeostasis (British also homoeostasis) is the state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions maintained by living systems.
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Huangdi Neijing
Huangdi Neijing, literally the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor or Esoteric Scripture of the Yellow Emperor, is an ancient Chinese medical text or group of texts that has been treated as a fundamental doctrinal source for Chinese medicine for more than two millennia.
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Human skin
The human skin is the outer covering of the body and is the largest organ of the integumentary system.
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Hypothesis
A hypothesis (hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.
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Imhotep
Imhotep (ỉỉ-m-ḥtp "(the one who) comes in peace") was an Egyptian chancellor to the Pharaoh Djoser, possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis.
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Incidental medical findings
Incidental medical findings are previously undiagnosed medical or psychiatric conditions that are discovered unintentionally and during evaluation for a medical or psychiatric condition. Medical diagnosis and Incidental medical findings are medical terminology.
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Indication (medicine)
In medicine, an indication is a valid reason to use a certain test, medication, procedure, or surgery. Medical diagnosis and indication (medicine) are medical terminology.
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International Classification of Diseases
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a globally used medical classification used in epidemiology, health management and for clinical purposes.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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List of diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry
The following diagnostic systems and rating scales are used in psychiatry and clinical psychology.
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List of disorders
A list of types of disorders.
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List of medical abbreviations: D
Category:Lists of medical abbreviations.
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List of medical symptoms
Medical symptoms refer to the manifestations or indications of a disease or condition, perceived and complained about by the patient.
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Lists of diseases
A medical condition is a broad term that includes all diseases and disorders.
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Logic
Logic is the study of correct reasoning.
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Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body.
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McDonald criteria
The McDonald criteria are diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Medical algorithm
A medical algorithm is any computation, formula, statistical survey, nomogram, or look-up table, useful in healthcare.
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Medical classification
A medical classification is used to transform descriptions of medical diagnoses or procedures into standardized statistical code in a process known as clinical coding.
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Medical diagnosis
Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx, Dx, or Ds) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. Medical diagnosis and Medical diagnosis are medical terminology and Nosology.
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Medical error
A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of care ("iatrogenesis"), whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient.
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Medical history
The medical history, case history, or anamnesis (from Greek: ἀνά, aná, "open", and μνήσις, mnesis, "memory") of a patient is a set of information the physicians collect over medical interviews. Medical diagnosis and medical history are medical terminology.
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Medical imaging
Medical imaging is the technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology).
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Medical record
The terms medical record, health record and medical chart are used somewhat interchangeably to describe the systematic documentation of a single patient's medical history and care across time within one particular health care provider's jurisdiction.
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Medical test
A medical test is a medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, or to determine a course of treatment.
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Medicalization
Medicalization is the process by which human conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical conditions, and thus become the subject of medical study, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment.
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Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.
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Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, referred to as The Merck Manual, is the world's best-selling medical textbook, and the oldest continuously published English language medical textbook.
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Monitoring (medicine)
In medicine, monitoring is the observation of a disease, condition or one or several medical parameters over time.
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Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged.
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Nancy McWilliams
Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D., ABPP., is emerita visiting professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), also known as the National Academies, is a congressionally chartered organization that serves as the collective scientific national academy of the United States.
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Nosology
Nosology is the branch of medical science that deals with the classification of diseases. Medical diagnosis and Nosology are medical terminology.
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Nurse practitioner
A nurse practitioner (NP) is an advanced practice registered nurse and a type of mid-level practitioner.
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Nursing diagnosis
A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes.
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Optometry
Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities.
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Outline of health sciences
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health sciences: Health sciences – those sciences that focus on health, or health care, as core parts of their subject matter.
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Overdiagnosis
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. Medical diagnosis and Overdiagnosis are medical terminology.
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Palpation
Palpation is the process of using one's hands to check the body, especially while perceiving/diagnosing a disease or illness.
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Pathogen
In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.
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Pathogenesis
In pathology, pathogenesis is the process by which a disease or disorder develops.
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Pathognomonic
Pathognomonic (rare synonym pathognomic) is a term, often used in medicine, that means "characteristic for a particular disease". Medical diagnosis and Pathognomonic are medical terminology.
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Pathology
Pathology is the study of disease and injury.
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Pattern recognition
Pattern recognition is the task of assigning a class to an observation based on patterns extracted from data.
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Physical examination
In a physical examination, medical examination, clinical examination, or medical checkup, a medical practitioner examines a patient for any possible medical signs or symptoms of a medical condition.
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Physical therapy
Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease prevention, and health promotion.
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Physician
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
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Physician assistant
A Physician Assistant or Physician Associate (PA) is a type of healthcare professional.
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Physiology
Physiology is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.
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Podiatrist
A podiatrist is a medical professional devoted to the treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and related structures of the leg.
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Pouchitis
Pouchitis is an umbrella term for inflammation of the ileal pouch, an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileum (the last section of the small intestine) in patients who have undergone a proctocolectomy or total colectomy (removal of the colon and rectum).
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Prediction
A prediction (Latin præ-, "before," and dictum, "something said") or '''forecast''' is a statement about a future event or about future data.
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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD or PIGD) is the genetic profiling of embryos prior to implantation (as a form of embryo profiling), and sometimes even of oocytes prior to fertilization.
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Prenatal testing
Prenatal testing is a tool that can be used to detect some birth defects at various stages prior to birth.
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Process of elimination
Process of elimination is a logical method to identify an entity of interest among several ones by excluding all other entities.
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Prognosis
Prognosis (Greek: πρόγνωσις "fore-knowing, foreseeing";: prognoses) is a medical term for predicting the likelihood or expected development of a disease, including whether the signs and symptoms will improve or worsen (and how quickly) or remain stable over time; expectations of quality of life, such as the ability to carry out daily activities; the potential for complications and associated health issues; and the likelihood of survival (including life expectancy). Medical diagnosis and Prognosis are medical terminology.
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Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.
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Radiology
Radiology is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals.
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Rare disease
A rare disease is a disease that affects a small percentage of the population.
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Rationality
Rationality is the quality of being guided by or based on reason.
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Reactive hypoglycemia
Reactive hypoglycemia, postprandial hypoglycemia, or sugar crash is a term describing recurrent episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia occurring within four hours"Hypoglycemia." It can also be referred to as "sugar crash" or "glucose crash." National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, October 2008.
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Remote diagnostics
Remote diagnostics is the act of diagnosing a given symptom, issue or problem from a distance.
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Retrospective diagnosis
A retrospective diagnosis (also retrodiagnosis or posthumous diagnosis) is the practice of identifying an illness after the death of the patient (sometimes a historical figure) using modern knowledge, methods and disease classifications.
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Salutogenesis
Salutogenesis is the study of the origins of health and focuses on factors that support human health and well-being, rather than on factors that cause disease (pathogenesis).
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Self-diagnosis
Self-diagnosis is the process of diagnosing, or identifying, medical conditions in oneself. Medical diagnosis and Self-diagnosis are medical terminology.
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Sensitivity and specificity
In medicine and statistics, sensitivity and specificity mathematically describe the accuracy of a test that reports the presence or absence of a medical condition.
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Signs and symptoms
Signs and symptoms are the observed or detectable signs, and experienced symptoms of an illness, injury, or condition.
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Statistics
Statistics (from German: Statistik, "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data.
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Streptococcal pharyngitis
Streptococcal pharyngitis, also known as streptococcal sore throat (strep throat), is pharyngitis (an infection of the pharynx, the back of the throat) caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a gram-positive, group A streptococcus.
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Telehealth
Telehealth is the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies.
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Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China.
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Unnecessary health care
Unnecessary health care (overutilization, overuse, or overtreatment) is health care provided with a higher volume or cost than is appropriate.
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Wastebasket diagnosis
A wastebasket diagnosis or trashcan diagnosis is a vague diagnosis given to a patient or to medical records department for essentially non-medical reasons.
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See also
Nosology
- Bouffée délirante
- Diagnosis codes
- FRAX
- Forme fruste
- How Doctors Think
- Idiopathic disease
- Medical diagnosis
- Mortality Medical Data System
- Nosology
References
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