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what does operator-dependent mean in medical term?
I am writing paper on liver transplantation.
And one of the term I came across is operator-dependent. Can someone help me understand it please?
I got the definition below from this site. I still ...
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Medicine language: triage and color codes
I found that in many hospitals, in order to classify patients' health conditions, standard expressions like "code red", "code blue" etc. are used. These expressions do not follow the standard "order ...
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Regular/Routine, Fasting, Blood test/Blood work
I would like to expand my vocabulary with some medical terms in English. I have been thinking about how to say, for example, if I go to see a doctor for a blood test.
Q1) Are these phrases correct?
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Need an alternative name for this disease [closed]
I need to know the alternative names of this disease: Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
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Is “sectio caesare” an appropriate English alternative to “caesarian section”?
On Parenting.se we recently received this question, which refers to sectio caesare birth.
I was not familiar with the term, but found that wikipedia redirects the term to the caesarian section page.
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Medical term for deafness
Anosmia = Loss of the sense of smell
Anopia = Blindness
Anaesthesia/Anaphia = Loss of the sense of touch
Ageusia = Loss of taste
? = Deafness
I can't find an equivalent medical term for ...
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What do “resolved” and “improved” mean when they are used about recovering from a disease?
Please have a look at the image below.
What does the underlined words
resolved / resolution
improved
mean in this image?
And, what is the difference between the meanings of "improved" and ...
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Is there any shorter way to say “military medical personnel”?
Is there any shorter way to say "military medical personnel"?
I mean by that: all the people in the armed forces that are allowed to use medical equipment on a daily basis.
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What do you call a definition in which some (but not necessarily all) criteria must apply?
This is an algorithm for deciding whether a patient suffers from a specific disease or not:
A patient has rheumatoid arthritis if at least four out of the following seven symptoms are present:
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How can I describe someone who feels little or no emotion?
I don't mean someone who lacks emotion because they "don't care", but because either they can't feel emotion or the emotional response is delayed because of a genetic disposition.
Maybe there is an ...
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“Lung/brain cancer/tumours”
When people talk about illness, they tend to say they have lung cancer instead of lung tumours, or brain tumours instead of brain cancer. Why is this?
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What could “cert 4/52” mean in a clinical record? [closed]
What could "cert" mean in these clinical record extracts?
Work stressful - cert 1/52.
Sent him in to Homerton. Cert 4/52 from 12th March, bus driver.
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What does “dorsal” mean? [closed]
I'm having trouble with the adjective "dorsal", as different authorities have seemingly conflicting opinions.
Tortora and Derrickson write in Principles of Anatomy and Physiology that the adjective ...
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Blood - Bloods - pluralisation
Why is it that the plural of 'blood' is 'blood' in normal usage but 'bloods' (e.g. 'I'll be taking some bloods') is acceptable in a medical context? Are there any words with similar pluralisation ...
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Alternative to “Patient Discharge”
I visited someone in the hospital today and was struck by some unpleasant associations from seeing "Patient Discharge" on a sign. Surely there is a better word for this...what do they call it in UK ...
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What is the origin of “stat”?
When watching medical television shows, I often hear the doctors (actors) using the term "stat", which I understand to mean "do [action] quickly/immediately". Where did this term originate, and where ...
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Use of medical words
When charting on a patient, and a choice is high cholesterol, should both be capitalized?
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What is the name of the condition when I temporarily cannot speak because of shouting too much?
What is that condition called in English when I can't say anything, "lose my voice", due to shouting a lot?
I think it is related to my vocal chords. The usual treatment prescribed is just to stay ...
