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Medicine and Symptom

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Difference between Medicine and Symptom

Medicine vs. Symptom

Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. A symptom (from Greek σύμπτωμα, "accident, misfortune, that which befalls", from συμπίπτω, "I befall", from συν- "together, with" and πίπτω, "I fall") is a departure from normal function or feeling which is noticed by a patient, reflecting the presence of an unusual state, or of a disease.

Similarities between Medicine and Symptom

Medicine and Symptom have 15 things in common (in Unionpedia): Blood test, Chronic condition, Diagnosis, Disease, Greek language, Human body, Medical history, Medical sign, Medicine, Mental disorder, Patient, Physical examination, Physician, Relapse, Strain (injury).

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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Chronic condition

A chronic condition is a human health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time.

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Diagnosis

Diagnosis is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon.

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Disease

A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in an organism that is not due to any external injury.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Human body

The human body is the entire structure of a human being.

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Medical history

The medical history or case history of a patient is information gained by a physician by asking specific questions, either of the patient or of other people who know the person and can give suitable information, with the aim of obtaining information useful in formulating a diagnosis and providing medical care to the patient.

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Medical sign

A medical sign is an objective indication of some medical fact or characteristic that may be detected by a patient or anyone, especially a physician, before or during a physical examination of a patient.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Patient

A patient is any recipient of health care services.

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Physical examination

A physical examination, medical examination, or clinical examination (more popularly known as a check-up) is the process by which a medical professional investigates the body of a patient for signs of disease.

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Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

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Relapse

In medicine, relapse or recidivism is a recurrence of a past (typically medical) condition.

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Strain (injury)

A strain (also known colloquially as a pulled muscle or torn muscle) is an acute or chronic soft tissue injury that occurs to a muscle, tendon, or both (contractile components).

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Medicine and Symptom Comparison

Medicine has 547 relations, while Symptom has 42. As they have in common 15, the Jaccard index is 2.55% = 15 / (547 + 42).

References

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