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Prandial

Of or relating to a meal

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Aura (symptom)

Symptom of epilepsy and migraine

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Clinical supervision
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Assessment and plan

Component of an admission note

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Absolute risk
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Efficacy

Ability to finish a task satisfactorily

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Insufflation (medicine)

Act of blowing something (such as a gas, powder, or vapor) into a body cavity

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Therapeutic inertia
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Pyonephrosis

Infection and accumulation of pus within the kidney

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History of the present illness

Pertinent information surrounding a patient's history leading to a current illness

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Corpulence index

Measure of leanness (corpulence) of a person

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Cardiac shunt

Abnormal heart blood flow pattern

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Cheesewiring

Cutting of tissue by a taut element

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Drop attack

Sudden fall without loss of consciousness

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Medical consensus
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Baseline (science)

Initial known conditions used for comparison with later data

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Infiltration (medical)

Process of cells or substances entering places they are not normally present

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Chemoprophylaxis

Use of chemical compounds to prevent the development of a specific disease

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Pathognomonic

Medical term meaning "characteristic for a particular disease"

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Distress (medicine)

Aversive state

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E-patient

Person receiving health information online

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Complication (medicine)

Unfavorable result of disease or medical treatment

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Dyscopia
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Absolute risk
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Efficacy

Ability to finish a task satisfactorily

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Insufflation (medicine)

Act of blowing something (such as a gas, powder, or vapor) into a body cavity

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Therapeutic inertia
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Pyonephrosis

Infection and accumulation of pus within the kidney

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Adrenergic storm

Sudden increase in adrenaline and noradrenaline in the blood

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Spontaneous breathing trial
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Topical medication

Medication applied to body surfaces

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Nothing by mouth

Withholding oral ingestion of food and fluids for medical purposes

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Medical state

One's current state of health, usually within a hospital

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Vasomotor

Term referring to actions upon a blood vessel that alter its diameter

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Allopathic medicine

Term for science-based, modern medicine

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Spontaneous breathing trial
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Sequela

Pathological condition resulting from some disease, injury, or other trauma

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Spontaneous breathing trial
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Sequela

Pathological condition resulting from some disease, injury, or other trauma

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Chief complaint

Principal reason for a person seeking professional assistance

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Progression-free survival

Time living with a disease that does not get worse

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Extracorporeal procedure

Medical procedure which is performed outside the body

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Adrenergic storm

Sudden increase in adrenaline and noradrenaline in the blood

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Topical medication

Medication applied to body surfaces

general/medical-terminology
Nothing by mouth

Withholding oral ingestion of food and fluids for medical purposes

general/medical-terminology
Medical state

One's current state of health, usually within a hospital

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Vasomotor

Term referring to actions upon a blood vessel that alter its diameter

general/medical-terminology
Allopathic medicine

Term for science-based, modern medicine

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Oral administration

Route of administration where a substance is taken through the mouth

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Adrenergic storm

Sudden increase in adrenaline and noradrenaline in the blood

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