Medical terms Medical terms Ablation is defined as the removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes. Often used in the context of laser ablation, a process by which the molecular bonds of a material are dissolved by a laser. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ablation"
Adverse effect, in medicine, is an abnormal, harmful, undesired and/or unintended consequences, although not necessarily unexpected, which is obtained as the result of a therapy or other medical intervention, such as drug/ chemotherapy, physical therapy, surgery, medical procedure, use of a medical device, etc. Iatrogenesis (literally, generated by a physician) is a common cause of adverse effects, as well as medical error. Using a drug or other medical intervention which is contraindicated may increase the risk of adverse effects. Adverse effects may cause medical complications of a disease or procedure and affect negatively its prognosis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adverse effect (medicine)"
A medical term referring to the age at which an individual acquires, develops, or first experiences a condition or symptoms of a disease or disorder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Age of onset"
Agnosia (a-gnosis, "non-knowledge") is a loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss. It is usually associated with brain injury or neurological illness, particularly after damage to the temporal lobe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agnosia"
An agonist is a substance that binds to a receptor and triggers a response in the cell. An agonist is the opposite of an antagonist in the sense that while an antagonist also binds to the receptor, it fails to activate the receptor and actually blocks it from activation by agonists. A partial agonist activates a receptor but does not cause as much of a physiological change as does a full agonist. The receptors of the human body work by being stimulated or inhibited by natural (such as hormones and neurotransmitters) or synthetic (such as drugs) agonists and antagonists. To see how an agonist may activate a receptor see this link . Recently a novel theory called Functional Selectivity has been proposed that broadens the conventional definition of pharmacology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agonist"
A medical algorithm is any algorithm, i.e. a way of doing a computation, formula, look-up table, nomogram, etc., which is useful in health care or medicine. Medical algorithms are part of a broader field which is usually fit under the aims of medical informatics and medical decision making. Medical decisions occur in several areas of medical activity such as medical test selection, diagnosis, therapy and prognosis, automatic control of medical equipments and so forth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Algorithm (medical)"
Anastasis (from the Greek word for "resurrection") is a term infrequently used in medical circles to describe a recovery or "bounce-back" from a debilitating condition. One case where anastasis is common is catastrophic irradiation of human tissue. Depending upon the level of damage, victims of radiation poisoning can experience an immediate adverse consequence to their exposure, followed by a seemingly full recovery. After a period of time, a secondary set of symptoms, often fatal, will follow. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anastasis" My shortopedia and me.
Anhidrosis means lack of sweating. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anhidrosis"
In medicine, a disease is asymptomatic when it is at a stage where the patient does not experience symptoms. By their nature, asymptomatic diseases are not usually discovered until the patient undergoes medical tests ( X-rays or other investigations). ...more on Wikipedia about "Asymptomatic"
An aura is the perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache, and the telltale sensation experienced by some epileptics before a seizure. It often manifests as a strange light or an unpleasant smell. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aura (symptom)"
Benign can refer to any medical condition which, untreated or with symptomatic therapy, will not become life-threatening. It is used in particular in relation to tumors, which may be benign or malignant. Benign tumors do not invade surrounding tissues and do not metastasise to other parts of the body. The word is slightly imprecise, as some benign tumors can, due to mass effect, cause life-threatening complications. The term therefore applies mainly to their biological behaviour. ...more on Wikipedia about "Benign"
Bogart-Bacall Syndrome is a vocal misuse disorder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bogart-Bacall Syndrome"
Cardio is the medical term used to reference the heart. From Greek kardia: heart. The greek spelling using k is the reason for the usage of K in EKG ( electrocardiogram). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cardio"
In anatomy, 'cervical' is an adjective that has two meanings: ...more on Wikipedia about "Cervical"
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: For chronic in the context of Cannabis see list of street names of drugs and Wiktionary: Cannabis slang. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chronic"
Clinomorphism (from the Greek term 'klinikos' meaning bed and 'morphos' meaning form) is the deliberate or unintentional simplification, alteration or amplification of the term for a medical condition (usually for dramatic effect) often in the form of a caricature to which sufferers of (or care providers for those with) the condition often vehemently object. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clinomorphism"
Complication, in medicine, is a unfavorable evolution of a disease, a health condition or a medical treatment. The disease can become worst in its severity or show a higher number of signs, symptoms or new pathological changes, become widespread throughout the body or affect other organ systems. A medical treatment, such as drugs or surgery may produce adverse effects and/or produce new health problem(s) by itself. A new disease may also appear as a complication to a previous existing disease. Therefore, a complication may be iatrogenic, i.e., literally brought forth by the physician. ...more on Wikipedia about "Complication (medicine)"
Medical consensus is a public statement on a particular aspect of medical knowledge available at the time it was written, and that is generally agreed upon as the evidence-based, state-of-the-art (or state-of-science) knowledge by a representative group of experts in that area. Its main objective is to counsel physicians on the best possible and acceptable way to diagnose and treat certain diseases or how to address a particular decision-making area. Therefore, it can be considered an authoritative, community-based consensus decision-making and publication process. ...more on Wikipedia about "Consensus (medical)"
Contraindicated is a medical term to indicate a situation in which a medication or treatment should not be administered. For example, prescribing a medication to which a patient has allergies is contraindicated. ...more on Wikipedia about "Contraindicated"
In medicine, a contraindication is a condition or factor that increases the risk involved in using a particular drug, carrying out a medical procedure or engaging in a particular activity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Contraindication"
In Medicine, a course of medication is a period of continuous treatment with a drug, sometimes with variable dosage. Treatment with some drugs should not end abruptly. Instead, their course should end with a tapering dosage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Course (medicine)"
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The CRISP thesaurus maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health is a public domain collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. CRISP is an acronym for Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects. ...more on Wikipedia about "CRISP"
Dead on arrival or DOA is a term used to indicate that a patient was found to be dead (non-viable) upon the arrival of professional medical assistance, often in the form of first responders such as emergency medical technicians, paramedics, or police. In some jurisdictions, first responders must first consult with an online physician before officially pronouncing a patient deceased, but once CPR is initiated, it must be continued until a physician can pronounce the patient. DOA can also be used as slang to indicate that a new item was recieved broken. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dead on arrival"
In medicine, death by natural causes is a loosely-defined term used by coroners describing death when the cause of death was a naturally occurring disease process, or is not apparent given medical history or circumstances. Thus, deaths where the death was caused by active human intervention (as opposed to the failure of medical intervention to prevent death) are excluded from this definition, and are described as unnatural deaths. ...more on Wikipedia about "Death by natural causes"
Degeneration is deterioration in the medical sense. Generally, it is the change from a higher to a lower form. More specifically, it is the change of tissue to a lower or less functionally active form. ...more on Wikipedia about "Degeneration (medical)" It's my http://www.shortopedia.com! shortopedia
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