clinical medicine

Collocation of clinical + medicine, originating in a mere sum of parts but having an idiomatically established meaning slightly beyond the etymonic one alone; etymonically, clinical medicine is what happens in the clinic, but by direct logical extension, it is what happens at the point of care generally, whether literally inside a clinic (e.g., doctor's office, outpatient clinic, physiotherapy center, hospital) or at home (a private home or a communal home such as a nursing home).

(medicine) The principal subset of medical practice, comprising all aspects of medicine that happen at the point of care, as opposed to the aspects that happen in the clinical laboratory, imaging center, medical school classroom, data center, or other nonclinical settings; thus, for example, the radiology service and the pathology service are conceptually differentiable, such that the clinical components of the diagnostic process (e.g., history, physical examination, point of care testing) are categorizable as distinct from the nonclinical ones that interface with the clinical activity (e.g., radiologic interpretation, histopathologic analysis, data analysis).

academic medicine

which entails clinical medicine, medical education, biomedical basic science, and biomedical applied science

laboratory medicine

which entails most serology, most NAATs such as most PCR, and many other lab tests

surgery

not always wholly distinct from clinical medicine, but usually differentiable in a practical way from nonsurgical care in nonsurgical venues


meningitis W

(medicine) A dangerous form of bacterial meningitis caused by capsular group W.


varico-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from varix.

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


patello-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from patella.


sanguineobilious

en-adj

sanguineobilious (comparative more sanguineobilious, superlative most sanguineobilious)

more sanguineobilious (comparative)
most sanguineobilious (superlative)

(obsolete, physiology) Having a bodily constitution characterised by sanguine and bilious humours.


sanguineophlegmatic

sanguineophlegmatic (comparative more sanguineophlegmatic, superlative most sanguineophlegmatic)

more sanguineophlegmatic (comparative)
most sanguineophlegmatic (superlative)

(obsolete, physiology) Having a bodily constitution characterised by sanguine and phlegmatic humours.


sanguineocholeric

sanguineocholeric (comparative more sanguineocholeric, superlative most sanguineocholeric)

more sanguineocholeric (comparative)
most sanguineocholeric (superlative)

He was of a leonine-coloured haire, sanguinocholerique, middle sized, strong.

1669–1696 (date written), John Aubrey, “Samuel Butler (161⅔–1680)”, in Andrew Clark, editor, ‘Brief Lives,’ Chiefly of Contemporaries, […], volume I (A–H), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1898, →OCLC, page 138:

(obsolete, physiology) Having a bodily constitution characterised by sanguine and choleric humours.


amoebo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from amoeba.


ascar-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin Ascarididae.

(biology, medicine) Parasitic nematodal helminths of family Ascarididae.


reflex sympathetic dystrophy

en-noun

reflex sympathetic dystrophy (uncountable)

complex regional pain syndrome
complex regional pain syndrome

(medicine) A disorder with intense burning pain, one of two types of complex regional pain syndrome.


supratrochanteric

(zoology, anatomy) Above the trochanter of the femur.


metatars-

(biology, medicine) Alternative form of metatarso-.


metatarso-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin metatarsus (whence also English metatarsus).


metacarp-

(biology, medicine) Alternative form of metacarpo-.


allant-

(biology, medicine) Alternative form of allanto- (before a vowel)


alveol-

(biology, medicine) Alternative form of alveolo- (before a vowel)


aspergillomycosis

(biology, medicine) A fungal infection by fungi of the genus Aspergillus, as:

(usually strictly) A specific such disease in some fish, such as tilapia.

(occasionally loosely) Aspergillosis as a pulmonary or cutaneous disease in humans, certain livestock, and some other animals.


aspergillo-

/ˌæspəɹˈd͡ʒɪloʊ-/

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from aspergillus, from Aspergillus.

(biology, medicine) aspergillus (Aspergillus).


aspergillotoxicosis

aspergillotoxicosis (usually uncountable, plural aspergillotoxicoses)

(biology, medicine) Any disease caused by any mycotoxin produced by fungi of the genus Aspergillus, such as aflatoxicosis.


amygdalo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin amygdala; compare also English amygdala § Etymology.


particulate inheritance

(genetics) A pattern of inheritance showing that phenotypic traits can be passed from generation to generation through genes, which can keep their ability to be expressed while not always appearing in a descending generation.


AIN

anterior interosseous nerve
anterior interosseous nerve#English

(anatomy) Initialism of anterior interosseous nerve.


compound hyperopia

compound hyperopia (countable and uncountable, plural compound hyperopias)

(pathology) A disorder of the vision where both focal lines are located behind the retina.


compound myopia

compound myopia (countable and uncountable, plural compound myopias)

(pathology) A disorder of the vision where both focal lines are located in front of the retina.


simple hyperopia

simple hyperopia (countable and uncountable, plural simple hyperopias)

(pathology) A disorder of the vision where first focal line is on the retina, while the second is located behind the retina.


simple myopia

simple myopia (countable and uncountable, plural simple myopias)

(pathology) A disorder of the vision where first focal line is in front of the retina, while the second is on the retina.


mixed astigmatism

mixed astigmatism (countable and uncountable, plural mixed astigmatisms)

(pathology) A disorder of the vision where focal lines are on both sides of the retina.


uterography

(medicine) The diagnostic imaging of the uterus.


urogenic

Urogenic effects (urinary incontinence) and musculoskeletal effects

2018, Paul S. Auerbach, Benjamin Constance, Luanne Freer, Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine, page 486:

(medicine) Relating to the production of urine.


vagoglossopharyngeal

vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia

(anatomy) Relating to the vagus nerve, tongue, and pharynx.


nonvalve

nonvalve surgery

(chiefly anatomy) Not involving or relating to a valve.


lytico

Short for paralytico, apparently from Spanish paralítico.

Often lumped with lytico owing to clinical, familial, and pathological associations, is the parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam (PDCG), known locally as bodig; 40% of patients with bodig also have lytico.

2011 March 10, Carlo Colosimo, David E. Riley, Gregor K. Wenning, Handbook of Atypical Parkinsonism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 108:

The naval physicians renamed the bodig aspect of the disease, in which the spinal cord and brain are attacked, parkinsonism-dementia complex. In ALS, the lytico aspect, a sound brain is imprisoned in a paralyzed body.

2011 June 30, Robert F. Rogers, Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam, Revised Edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 208:

Lytico-Bodig disease
Lytico-Bodig disease

(medicine) A medical condition prevalent on Guam, or an aspect of Lytico-Bodig disease, which causes paralysis.


cervical conization

cervical conization (countable and uncountable, plural cervical conizations)

(pathology, surgery) An excision of a cone-shaped sample of tissue from the mucous membrane of the cervix.


ankylurethria

(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).


impatency

From im- + patency or im- + patent + -cy.

(medicine) The condition or state of not being patent, usually undesirably so (that is, where patency is expected); thus usually synonymous with atresia and imperforation.


labium superius oris

(anatomy) A fold of muscular tissue which forms the upper border of the mouth.


labium inferius oris

(anatomy) The fold of muscles bounding the opening of the lower mouth.


odontotechny

By surface analysis, odonto- + techno- + -y.

surf

I need not extend the subject any farther; enough has been said , and much more might be, if necessary, to prove clearly and conclusively that the odontotechny of the Greeks and Romans was advanced to a considerable degree of perfection: […]

1829, Samuel Sheldon Fitch, A System of Dental Surgery, page 14:

[…] the manner of inserting pivot teeth, the construction of springs for artificial dentures and into other parts of odontotechny.

1904, American Dental Journal, volume 3, page 779:

(dentistry) The technical devices and items that are used in the practice of dentistry and orthodontia.


orotherapy

(medicine, archaic) The use of serum to treat disease.


rectalgia

pain in the butt

divergence in register; figurative meaning


temsavir

(pharmacology) An HIV inhibitor with the molecular formula C₂₄H₂₃N₇O₄.


SCFE

slipped capital femoral epiphysis
w:slipped capital femoral epiphysis

(medicine) Initialism of slipped capital femoral epiphysis.


alveolar bed

(anatomy) Lung tissue which is densely packed with alveoli.


refractive error

en-noun

refractive error (countable and uncountable, plural refractive errors)

(pathology) is a problem with focusing light accurately on the retina due to the shape of the eye and or cornea The most common types of refractive error are near-sightedness, far-sightedness, astigmatism, and presbyopia.


out of bed

(medicine) Indicating on a medical chart that a patient has become ambulatory.


PNH

(medicine) Initialism of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.


bread pill

(pharmacology) A placebo consisting of breadcrumbs or other inactive substances.


deucravacitinib

Deucravacitinib (BMS-986165) has shown efficacy in a psoriasis trial (65) and significantly greater American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement rates compared to placebo in patients with PsA.

2021 December, Christine Liu, Jacqueline Kieltyka, Roy Fleischmann, Massimo Gadina, John J. O’Shea, “A Decade of JAK Inhibitors: What Have We Learned and What May Be the Future?”, in Arthritis & Rheumatology, volume 73, number 12, →DOI, page 2172:

(pharmacology) A medication belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.


spintherism

From Ancient Greek σπινθήρ (spinthḗr, “spark”) + -ism.


multifragmented

(chiefly medicine) Fragmented into many parts.


submiliary

(medicine) Designating large tuberculous masses formed by the coalescence of many miliary tubercles.


subperitoneally

(anatomy) Under the peritoneal membrane.


zombie effect

(medicine, pathology) A cluster of personality changes caused by the extrapyramidal effects of the medication haloperidol, mimicking parkinsonism, hypomimia, bradykinesia, and flat affect.


pseudotabetic

(medicine, dated) Resembling, but not actually, tabes.


WGS

We also ensured that the cell lines were derived from participants for whom whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data were available for both parents (for haplotype phasing).

2023 May 11, Wen-Wei LiaoMobin AsriJana Ebleret al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI, page 313:

whole genome sequencing
w:whole genome sequencing

(genetics) Initialism of whole genome sequencing.


PXE

pseudoxanthoma elasticum
pseudoxanthoma elasticum#English

(pathology) Initialism of pseudoxanthoma elasticum.


pseudotabes

en-noun

pseudotabes (countable and uncountable, plural pseudotabes)

(medicine, dated) A syndrome with the characteristics of tabes (especially tabes dorsalis) that is not caused by syphilis.


hair follicle

(anatomy, dermatology) An organ found in mammalian skin, residing in the dermal layer of the skin.


ear hair

ear hair (countable and uncountable, plural ear hairs)

external auditory meatus
external auditory meatus

(anatomy, dermatology) The terminal hair arising from the follicular cartilage inside the external auditory meatus in humans.


ORIF

(medicine) Initialism of open reduction internal fixation.


growth arrest line

growth arrest line (plural growth arrest lines)

(anatomy, radiology) A line of increased bone density that represents the position of the growth plate at the time of insult to the organism and formed on long bones due to growth arrest.


anteroverted

en-adj

anteroverted (comparative more anteroverted, superlative most anteroverted)

more anteroverted (comparative)
most anteroverted (superlative)

/ˌæn.t͡ʃɹəˈvɝː.tɪd/

The head is small and placed upon a short, distinct neck, and is thus less sessile than in Proterotherium, more antroverted and with the pit for the round ligament less extended proximally, but of similar ovoid shape, with the long axis directed anteroposteriorly.

1901, John Bell Hatcher, Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899, volume 7:

If the uterus is sharply antroverted or retroverted, it is often difficult to determine whether the os is open or closed as the axis of the cervix and the endometrial cavity lie in different planes.

1999, Robert G. Dart, Beth Kaplan, Kalli Varaklis, “Predictive value of history and physical examination in patients with suspected ectopic pregnancy”, in Annals of Emergency Medicine, volume 33, number 3, →DOI:

The operator maintains a view on the image screen as the transducer is advanced along the anterior vaginal wall, with the goal of final placement in the anterior fornix for the 90% of patients with an anteroverted uterus.

2017, James A. Connolly, Beatrice Hoffmann, Anthony J. Dean, Robert D. Jarman, Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound, page 129:


Récamier's operation

en-noun

Récamier's operation (plural Récamier's operations)

After Joseph Récamier (1774–1852), French gynecologist.


cadaveric spasm

cadaveric spasm (plural cadaveric spasms)

(pathology) A rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists into the period of rigor mortis.


noneruption

(dentistry) The failure of a tooth to erupt.


interrenalism

In the third, a tumor of the ovary consisting of similar structures was found definitely linked with the symptoms of interrenalism.

1939, The American Journal of Cancer, volume 37, page 154:

(pathology) The complex of influences exerted by pathological changes of the suprarenal glands on the body form and the sexual characteristics of a patient.


foodborne illness

foodborne illness (countable and uncountable, plural foodborne illnesses)

(epidemiology) Synonym of food poisoning


paradoxical embolism

paradoxical embolism (countable and uncountable, plural paradoxical embolisms)

The term was coined by Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn in 1885

(pathology) A free-floating mass, located inside blood vessels, that can travel from one site in the blood stream to another. It may be solid (like a blood clot), liquid (like amniotic fluid), or gas (like air).


RIDDLE syndrome

Abbreviation of "radiosensitivity, immunodeficiency, dysmorphic features and learning difficulties", modeled after riddle.

abbrev

learning difficulties
learning difficulty

(pathology) A rare syndrome of which symptoms include facial dysmorphism, short stature, motor control and learning difficulties, ataxia, microcephaly, conjunctival telangiectasia, recurring sinus infections, late onset of pulmonary fibrosis, increased alphafetoproteins, and increased radiosensitivity.


buccal pit

(dentistry) A small pit that forms on the side of a molar.


Degos disease

Named after Robert Degos, who in 1942 recognised the disease as a new clinical entity.

(medicine) A rare condition in which blockage of the arteries and veins leads to the formation of papules and sometimes other complications.


housewife's eczema

(dermatology, pathology) Dyshidrosis of the hands, caused by excessive exposure to soap, detergent, etc.


hypertrophic osteoarthropathy

(medicine) A medical condition of clubbing and periostitis of smaller joints in the hand.


oblique arytenoid

(anatomy) A paired intrinsic laryngeal muscle, the more superficial arytenoid muscle, forming two fasciculi.


oblique strain

(medicine, pathology) A common baseball injury, affecting the contralateral side external oblique, or the trailing internal oblique.


oblique dendrite

en-noun

oblique dendrite (plural oblique dendrites)

(anatomy, neurology) A dendrite that branches from an apical dendrite that emerges from the apex of a pyramidal cell.


pyramidal cell

(anatomy) A type of multipolar neuron found in areas of the brain including the cerebral cortex, the hippocampus, and the amygdala.


oblique cord

(anatomy) A ligament between the ulnar and radius bones in the forearm near the elbow.


oblique ridge

(dentistry) A ridge on the masticatory surface of an upper molar tooth extending from the mesiolingual to the distobuccal cusp.


oblique fracture

oblique fracture (plural oblique fractures)

(medicine, pathology) A type of bone fracture that breaks diagonally across the width of the bone and along the longitudinal axis of the bone.


oblique head

(anatomy) The head of an origin that is diagonally situated.


immaculate concussion

immaculate concussion (plural immaculate concussions)

From being a concussion-like injury which occurs without physical contact. Punning on Immaculate Conception.

(pathology, informal) An instance of Havana syndrome


pH-metry

Long-term ambulatory pH-metry is of clinical value in detecting pathologic reflux in symptomatic patients with negative endoscopy.

1990, Masclee AA, de Best AC, de Graaf R, Cluysenaer OJ, Jansen JB, “Ambulatory 24-hour pH-metry in the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease: determination of criteria and relation to endoscopy”, in Scand J Gastroenterol, volume 25, number 3, →PMID, pages 225–230:

Laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD) cases are common in clinical practice and usually neglected for want of a definitive diagnosis. Diagnosis requires a documented evidence of fall in pH levels in the laryngopharynx with dual-probe 24-hour ambulatory pH-metry. […] Dual-sensor pH-metry is confirmatory for establishing diagnosis of LPRD.

2011, Datta K, Datta R, Venkatesh MD, Dey D, Jaipurkar R, “24-hour dual-probe ambulatory pH-metry findings in cases of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease”, in J Laryngol Voice, volume 1, number 1, pages 18–21:

(sciences, medicine) pH testing: testing of pH (degree of acidity or basicity/alkalinity).


apical dendrite

apical dendrite (plural apical dendrites)

(anatomy, neurology) A dendrite that emerges from the apex of a pyramidal cell.


normometric

(ophthalmology, rare) Referring to a saccade which has no undershoot (hypometria) or overshoot (hypermetria) and has an amplitude of thirty degrees.


(medicine) Initialism of difficult-to-treat.


pili torti

Plural form of Latin pilus (“hair”) + tortus (“twisted”).

(medicine) A condition of the skin appendage, characterized by short and brittle hairs that appear flattened and twisted when viewed through a microscope.


lecanemab

(pharmacology) A drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.


hematomatosis

From hematoma (“blood tumor”) + -osis (“disease”).

(pathology, rare) A condition in which multiple hematomas are present on the body.


liposarcomatosis

From liposarcoma (“flesh fat tumor”) + -osis (“disease”).

(pathology) A condition in which multiple liposarcomas are present on the body.


coracomandibular

(anatomy) Relating to the coracoid process and the mandible.


coracoscapular

(anatomy) Relating to the coracoid process and the scapula.


coracovertebral

(anatomy) Relating to the coracoid process and the vertebrae.


corticopeduncular

(anatomy) Relating to the cerebral cortex and the peduncles.


degenerative disc disease

(pathology) A medical condition typically associated with normal aging, and characterized by anatomic changes and possibly a loss of function of one or more intervertebral discs of the spine.


EPOCH

Acronym, from the initial letters of the various drugs.

non-Hodgkin lymphoma
non-Hodgkin lymphoma

(medicine) An intensive chemotherapy regimen for treating aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consisting of etoposide, prednisolone, Oncovin (vincristine), cyclophosphamide, and hydroxydaunorubicin.


R-EPOCH

(medicine) The EPOCH chemotherapy regimen when supplemented with rituximab.


preparacrista

The metaconule is smaller than the protocone. The preparacrista extends mesially, linking to the parastyle.

(Can we date this quote?), A new specimen of a small dichobunoid artiodactyl from the Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar:

(dentistry) A crista directed anteriorly from the vicinity of the paracone apex, confluent with the precingulum.


nympho-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young woman, adolescent girl”).

der

(biology, medicine) nympha, nymphae (labia minora).

(medicine, psychiatry) adolescent girl or young woman.


embolo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from embolus.

(biology, medicine) embolus; embolic; embolism.


treat-to-target

(medicine, often attributively) A treatment strategy, chiefly used in rheumatology, that defines a measurable treatment target (such as clinical remission or low disease activity) and involves tight control and treatment adjustments until the chosen target is achieved.


(medicine) Initialism of treat-to-target.


maleruption

en-noun

maleruption (countable and uncountable, plural maleruptions)

(dentistry) The abnormal eruption of a tooth.


ZES

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome#English

(medicine) Initialism of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.


GAH

(medicine, LGBTQ) Initialism of gender-affirming hormone.


AVA

AVA (countable and uncountable, plural AVAs)

(anatomy) Initialism of arteriovenous anastomosis.


extraparietal

(anatomy) Outside of the paries or wall of an organ.


subungual hematoma

subungual hematoma (plural subungual hematomas)

(pathology) is a collection of blood (hematoma) underneath a toenail or fingernail. It can be extremely painful for an injury of its size, although otherwise it is not a serious medical condition.


melanomatosis

From melanoma (“black tumor”) + -osis (“disease”).

(oncology, pathology) A condition in which multiple melanomas are present on the body.


hemorrhea

From hemo- + -rrhea, from Ancient Greek: αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) in conjunction with ῥοία (rhoía, “flow”).

(medicine, dated, uncommon) Loose flowing of blood; hemorrhage.


sDMARD

Coordinate term: bDMARD

(pharmacology) Initialism of synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug.


bDMARD

Coordinate term: sDMARD

(pharmacology) Initialism of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug.


cUTI

urinary tract infection
urinary tract infection#English

(medicine) Initialism of complicated urinary tract infection.


laparotome

(surgery) A surgical instrument for performing laparotomy.


laryngemphraxis

(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.


laryngotyphoid

(medicine) Typhoid fever with marked laryngeal complications.


eczema madidans

(medicine) A moist or weeping form of eczema in which large tracts of the hyperemic papillary layer of the skin are exposed.


Persian relapsing fever

(medicine, archaic) A form of relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica.


nanocephalus

(medicine) The condition of being nanocephalic.


anfibatide

Anfibatide is an anticoagulant C-type lectin-like protein purified from the venom of the sharp-nosed viper (Deinagkistrodon acutus). […] The anticoagulant activity of anfibatide is due to its strong binding to human platelet glycoprotein Ib α-chain (GPIbα), which inhibits the binding of GPIbα with von Willebrand factor (VWF) and thrombin^(124,125) (Fig. 6a).

2022 June 10, Oliveira, A.L., Viegas, M.F., da Silva, S.L. et al., “The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential”, in Nature Reviews Chemistry, volume 6, →DOI, page 462:

(pharmacology) An antithrombotic agent binding to the GPIbα subunit of the glycoprotein Ib-IX-V complex, purified from the venom of the sharp-nosed viper (Deinagkistrodon acutus).


splenic flexure

splenic flexure (plural splenic flexures)

(anatomy) The sharp bend in the colon below the spleen where the transverse colon and the descending colon meet.


hepatic flexure

hepatic flexure (plural hepatic flexures)

(anatomy) The sharp bend in the colon near the liver where the ascending colon and the transverse colon meet.


thyroparathyroid

(anatomy) Relating to the thyroid and parathyroid glands.


penicillinize

en-verb

penicillinize (third-person singular simple present penicillinizes, present participle penicillinizing, simple past and past participle penicillinized)

penicillinizes (present singular third-person)
penicillinizing (participle present)
penicillinized (participle past)
penicillinized (past)

These specific measures are primarily directed against streptococcal infection and are discussed in the section on after-care since they are particularly applicable to the convalescent case. It is obviously both undesirable and impossible to penicillinize everyone with a sore throat.

1964, William Sydney Charles Copeman, editor, Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, Edinurgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., page 150:

(transitive, medicine) To treat (someone) with penicillin.

(transitive, medicine) To add penicillin to (an erythrocyte etc.).


HNPCC

w:hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

(medicine) Initialism of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.


bipolar I

Coordinate term: bipolar II

Facebook introduced its News Feed feature in September 2006, five months after my bipolar I diagnosis and first hospitalization and two years before this explosion of seeming gibberish.

2022 October 11, Stephanie Eisler Vance, “When Facebook Actually Broke My Brain”, in The New York Times:

bipolar I disorder
bipolar I disorder#English

(pathology) Ellipsis of bipolar I disorder.


bipolar II

Coordinate term: bipolar I

bipolar II disorder
bipolar II disorder#English

(pathology) Ellipsis of bipolar II disorder.


therapeutic index

en-noun

therapeutic index (plural therapeutic indexes or therapeutic indices)

therapeutic indexes (plural)
therapeutic indices (plural)

(pharmacology) The ratio of the median toxic dose of a drug to its median effective dose, used to gauge the safety of a particular medication. A low therapeutic index indicates that the drug is easily overdosed.


piptazobactam

(pharmacology) A combination antibiotic containing piperacillin, a beta-lactam antibiotic, and tazobactam, a beta-lactamase inhibitor.


post-finasteride syndrome

(medicine, pathology) A cluster of symptoms characterized by sexual, neurological, hormonal and psychological side effects that persist in males who have taken finasteride.


nociceptive pain

nociceptive pain (countable and uncountable, plural nociceptive pains)

(medicine) Pain caused by potentially harmful stimuli that are detected by nociceptors around the body.


psychogenic pain

psychogenic pain (countable and uncountable, plural psychogenic pains)

(medicine, psychiatry) Physical pain that is caused, increased, or prolonged by mental, emotional, or behavioral factors.


PIPP

premature infant pain profile
premature infant pain profile#English

(medicine) Abbreviation of premature infant pain profile.


hepatism

(pathology) The symptoms of liver disease.


nephrism

(pathology) The symptoms of kidney disease.


Jeavons syndrome

Named after P. M. Jeavons, who first described it in 1977.

She blinked rapidly several times, then her chin lifted slightly and her eyes rolled back. […] The strange eye movements indicated a rare type of absence-seizure disorder called Jeavons syndrome. […] Jeavons was first described in 1977.

2022 October 13, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “She Suffered From Headaches and Fatigue. Were Concussions to Blame?”, in The New York Times Magazine:

(pathology) An epileptic syndrome characterized by eyelid myoclonia, eye-closure-induced seizures or electroencephalography paroxysms (or both), and photosensitivity.


mesonephric rest

mesonephric rest (plural mesonephric rests)

(medicine, gynaecology) Remnants of the mesonephros in a girl or woman that have persisted past the embryonic stage.


XLR

(genetics) Abbreviation of X-chromosome linked recessive.


O-shot

Next, according to her medical charts, a women’s health specialist diagnosed her with “perimenopause” and prescribed testosterone cream. Another gynecologist recommended an “O shot,” or vaginal rejuvenation procedure.

2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times:


orgasm shot

(medicine, gynaecology) A procedure involving the injection of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) into the vagina, claimed to improve orgasms.


S.T.I.

“We don’t do a great job about talking about sex from a pleasure-based perspective,” said Dr. Frances Grimstad, a gynecologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. “We talk about it from a prevention standpoint. We’re trying to prevent S.T.I.s,” or sexually transmitted infections.

sexually transmitted infection
sexually transmitted infection#English

(pathology) Initialism of sexually transmitted infection; also STI.


Guillain-Barré

Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome#English

(neurology, pathology) Ellipsis of Guillain-Barré syndrome.


vasoactive intestinal peptide

vasoactive intestinal peptide (plural vasoactive intestinal peptides)

(medicine, endocrinology) A peptide hormone that is vasoactive in the intestine.


Pierre Robin sequence

Pierre Robin sequence (plural Pierre Robin sequences)

Named after the French dental surgeon Pierre Robin.

(pathology) A congenital defect in humans, characterized by micrognathia and resulting glossoptosis and breathing problems.


Acronym of confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure, 65 years.

acronym

systolic blood pressure
systolic blood pressure

diastolic blood pressure
diastolic blood pressure

(medicine) A severity score validated for predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia, often used to determine the need for hospital admission. It comprises five risk factors: confusion of new onset; blood urea nitrogen > 7 mmol/L; respiratory rate ≥ 30/minute; systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≤ 60 mmHg; age ≥ 65 years.


Bethesda system

From Bethesda, Maryland, United States, where a conference was held that established the system.

(medicine) A system for reporting cervical or vaginal cytologic diagnoses, specifically Pap smear results.

(medicine) A similar system for cytopathology of thyroid nodules.


pacemaker current

en-noun

pacemaker current (plural pacemaker currents)

(cardiology, physiology) An electric current in the heart that flows through the HCN channel or pacemaker channel.


ptarmus

From Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós, “sneeze”).

der

(medicine, rare) A sneeze; sneezing; especially spasmodic sneezing.


fldxt

(medicine) Abbreviation of fluid extract.


methylmalonic acidemia

(medical genetics, endocrinology) An autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that disrupts normal amino acid metabolism.


bubble guts

en-noun

bubble guts pl (normally plural, singular bubble gut)

So named from the bubbling and churning feeling that occurs in one's stomach and digestive tract.

Every time I eat at that restaurant I wake up the next day with bubble guts.

(informal, medicine, gastroenterology) A condition where one experiences bloating, cramping, and discomfort in the stomach or digestive tract due to gases caused by extreme hunger or explosive pre-diarrhea.


BCNIE

BCNIE (countable and uncountable, plural BCNIEs)

(pathology) Initialism of blood culture-negative infective endocarditis.


death kit

(informal, slang, medicine, uncommon) A collection of end-of-life medication given to a patient in a hospice to ease discomfort during the process of expiration.


FESS

(medicine) Initialism of functional endoscopic sinus surgery.


pregnancy loss

pregnancy loss (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancy losses)

(medicine) A miscarriage; the death of a fetus before it has become viable.


LTNP

(medicine) Initialism of long-term nonprogressor.


macronympha

(medicine, pathology) Elongated labia, a feature of certain Khoikhoi and other African women who develop, naturally or though artificial stretching, relatively elongated labia minora.


somascope

From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”) + -scope.

af

(medicine, historical) An early ultrasonographic apparatus requiring the patient to be submerged in water.


SPINA-GR

Abbreviation of structure parameter inference approach-gain of insulin receptor.

abbreviation of

(endocrinology) The insulin receptor gain, a calculated biomarker for insulin sensitivity (if calculated with the structure parameter inference approach).


SPINA-GBeta

Abbreviation of structure parameter inference approach-gain of beta cells.

(endocrinology) The maximum amount of insulin that beta cells can produce per time-unit, a calculated biomarker for pancreatic beta cell function (if calculated with the structure parameter inference approach).


dope set

(slang, drugs) A street or section of a town or city where drugs are either used or sold.


FOLFOX

(pharmacology) A combination chemotherapy regimen made up of the drugs folinic acid (leucovorin, FOL), fluorouracil (5-FU, F), and oxaliplatin (OX).


vlsE

(bacteriology, genetics) A gene coding for a lipoprotein (VlsE) in Borrelia mayonii.


gepant

(pharmacology) Any of a class of drugs that are calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitors used to treat migraine.


fat embolism

A whole host of things can go wrong; most notably, the repurposed fat can travel through veins in the buttocks to pulmonary arteries and chambers of the heart, causing fat embolisms. Transferred fat can also migrate beneath the muscle, tearing gluteal veins.

2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine:

(pathology) A condition, most commonly caused by the fracture of long bones, in which fat particles enter the bloodstream, often resulting in symptoms like petechial rash, shortness of breath, and decreased level of consciousness.


cosmetic surgical

Lower-cost B.B.L.s have created a market for similarly priced postoperative care. These are not the relaxing, spalike havens like the ones that serve wealthier clientele. More often, this corner of the recovery-house market is a place where the racial and class dynamics of the cosmetic-surgical world collide.

(medicine) Of or pertaining to cosmetic surgery.


kidney dish

(medicine, surgery) A shallow kidney-shaped basin for holding soiled dressings and other medical waste.


DPV

(pharmacology) Initialism of dapivirine.

disabling positional vertigo
disabling positional vertigo#English

(pathology) Initialism of disabling positional vertigo.


pseudofever

en-noun

pseudofever (usually uncountable, plural pseudofevers)

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It is best to consider these as mild temperature elevations, possibly due to autonomic instability, and not label these as fevers. As with other forms of pseudofever, the treatment is to stop measuring the patient's temperature.

2017, Randall Fisher, Thomas G. Boyce, Armando G. Correa, Moffet's Pediatric Infectious Diseases:

(medicine) A high body temperature that resembles, but is not in fact, a fever.


reanimatology

Dr. Shvetsky, who works at a veterans’ hospital in Russia, is far from a typical sports doctor: His subspecialty in anesthesia is reanimatology, the science aimed at reviving people who are clinically dead, meaning that their blood has stopped circulating and they have stopped breathing.

2022 November 10, Juliet Macur, Gabrielle Paluch, “Kamila Valieva’s Doctor Has Long Worked in the Shadows of Sport”, in The New York Times:

(medicine, dated) The branch of medicine that deals with the resuscitation of critically ill patients.


Claritin

From Latin clāritās + -in (“a pharmaceutical product”).

(Canada, US, pharmacology) A brand of loratadine.


Bradford Hill criteria

Bradford Hill criteria pl (normally plural, singular Bradford Hill criterion)

Established by Austin Bradford Hill (1897–1991), English epidemiologist and statistician, in 1965.

(epidemiology) A group of nine principles, widely used in public health research, that can be useful in establishing epidemiologic evidence of a causal relationship between a presumed cause and an observed effect.


EES

EES (countable and uncountable, plural EESs or EESes or EES)

EESs (plural)
EESes (plural)
EES (plural)

epidural electrical stimulation
epidural electrical stimulation#English

(medicine) Initialism of epidural electrical stimulation.

epidural electrical stimulator
epidural electrical stimulator#English

(medicine) Initialism of epidural electrical stimulator.


siliconosis

(medicine) An illness caused by silicone gel.


Mallory-Weiss tear

(gastoenterology, pathology) A tear in the tissue of the lower esophagus.


pain disorder

(psychology, neurology) A type of chronic pain experienced in one or more areas, and is thought to be caused by psychological stress.


orthostatic hypotension

orthostatic hypotension (countable and uncountable, plural orthostatic hypotensions)

(medicine, cardiology) A form of hypotension that occurs when standing after a period of sitting or lying down.


holomics

From holo- + -omics (“a study of the totality of something”).

compound

In contrast to current predictive models, holomics includes all these different types of information to predict the likelihood of a patient responding to therapy, developing a certain disease, and so on.

2019 February 26, Irène Buvat (quoted), Mélisande Rouger, “Holomics: a trendy but complex topic”, in Healthcare-in-Europe:

(medicine, neologism) The concept of making therapeutic decisions for a patient by integrating data from many different sources.


aphagic

(medicine) Having or relating to aphagia.


bionaive

In the bivariate analysis carried out by subgroups, we did not find statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between bionaïve or bioexperienced patients, patients with BMI < 30 or BMI > 30 in relation to the efficacy variables (PASI and BSA) and analyzed PROs (VAS pruritus and DLQI).

2022 August 30, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Lourdes Rodriguez Fernandez-Freire, Pilar Font-Ugalde, Manuel Galan-Gutierrez, “Tildrakizumab: Efficacy, Safety and Survival in Mid-Term (52 Weeks) in Three Tertiary Hospitals in Andalucia (Spain)”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 11, number 17, →DOI, page 5:

(medicine) Not having received biological treatment in the past.


bioexperienced

(medicine) Having received biological treatment in the past.


hairpin transfer

en-noun

hairpin transfer (plural hairpin transfers)

Because the terminal sequences are not perfect inverted repeats, hairpin transfer results in two end sequences that are related but the inverted complement of each other.

1999, Allan Granoff, Robert G. Webster, Encyclopedia of Virology:

Conclusive evidence that hairpin transfer does occur as hypothesized was provided by assays that employed a closed hairpin form of the viral ITR, which was constructed from the cloned AAV genome (Snyder et al., 1990).

2005, Jonathan Kerr, Susan Cotmore, Marshall E Bloom, Parvoviruses, page 194:

(genetics) Transfer of genetic information from a strand of nucleic acid that terminates in a hairpin ribozyme by first detaching one side of the base of the hairpin, so that the hairpin is flattened out before making the RNA copy.


Mirena

Palin acts like schools are tossing IUDs into playgrounds and kids are just running around, grabbing Mirenas without telling their parents. What she isn't doing is: A) Asking if a girl might obtain birth control for a reason other than birth control, B) Considering that just because parental consent is not required that it is never asked for or given.

2015 October 9, Mary Elizabeth Williams, “Just shut up, Bristol Palin: You are the last person who should talk about birth control”, in Salon:

"I went back to surgery to get two mirena [an hormonal intrauterine device] inserted to treat my adeno," she said. "What followed was three months of pain and illness and discomfort. I think I vomited every day, pretty much.

2020 April 25, Phil Lutton, “'I'm so lucky': Olympic star tells of cervical cancer scare”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

(medicine) A brand name for a hormonal intrauterine device.


hypochondre

From French hypocondre (“hypochondrium”).

This organ is ſituated in the ſuperior part of the abdomen, principally on the right ſide, occupies the epigaſtric and the right hypochondric regions, and ſometimes extends into the left hypochondre.

1795, William Saunders, “Anatomical Description of the Liver”, in A Treatise on the Structure, Economy, and Diseases of the Liver; Together with an Inquiry into the Properties and Component Parts of the Bile and Biliary Concretions, 2nd edition, London: J. Phillips, page 5:


hypochondric

(obsolete, medicine) Hypochondriac (related to or affected by hypochondria).

(obsolete, anatomy) Hypochondriac (related to or located in the hypochondrium).


Brill's disease

Brill-Zinsser disease
Brill-Zinsser disease#English

(pathology) Synonym of Brill-Zinsser disease.


splenosis

(anatomy) A mini-organ resulting from an incidence of such.


psychokinesia

(pathology, obsolete) Abnormal impulsive behaviour unaccompanied by depression or other mental disorder.


cancrum oris

From Latin cancrum ōris, from cancrum (“canker”) and ōris (“of the mouth, face”), genitive singular of ōs (“mouth, face”). The Latin phrase itself is first attested in a source that gives it as a translation of an English common name "mouth canker" or "canker of the mouth".

(pathology) noma, a gangrenous disease of the face


dystextia

dystextia (countable and uncountable, plural dystextias)

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2013, A Ravi, VR Rao, JP Klein, “Dystextia: Acute Stroke in the Modern Age”, in JAMA Neurol, volume 70, number 3, →DOI, page 404:

Stroke recognition remains a barrier to care in cerebrovascular disease. Despite an increasing reliance on digital communication, the clinical utility of deficits relating to technology remains unexplored. Dystextia and dystypia, terms used to refer to impairments in texting and typing, respectively, may serve as modern indicators of stroke and provide information regarding stroke duration, symptomatology, and etiological diagnosis.

2019, Amit K. Sharma, Sebastian Fridman, Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, Luciano A. Sposato, “Dystextia and dystypia as modern stroke symptoms: A case series and literature review”, in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, volume 180, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 25–27:

(neurology, pathology) Disordered or garbled text messaging associated with medical events like a stroke.


dystypia

dystypia (countable and uncountable, plural dystypias)

(neurology, pathology) Disordered or garbled typing associated with medical events like a stroke.


mpox

Clipping of monkeypox coined in 2022, chosen in order to discourage racist and stigmatizing interpretations of that word. Coined by Montreal-based RÉZO, in consultation with other Canadian organizations, in parallel with the effort to change the French term. More at Wikipedia (mpox § Nomenclature).

Ebola reared its ugly head anew, including recently in Uganda. Mpox spread in strange new ways. Measles and other vaccine-preventable illnesses are making a comeback.

2022 December 27, André Picard, “What did we learn from a year of outbreaks? Our response to viruses shows we aren’t using our mitigation tools effectively enough”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, page A11:

Due to the rapid increase in global Mpox cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on July 23, 2022.

2023 June 19, Michael Curtis, Shahin Davoudpour, Anthony Rodriguez-Ortiz, Dylan Felt, Audrey French, “Predictors of Mpox vaccine uptake among sexual and gender minority young adults living in Illinois: Unvaccinated vs. double vs. single dose vaccine recipients”, in Vaccine, volume 41, number 27, →DOI:

The current outbreak of mpox showed a different clinical presentation from classic mpox, with localisation of the lesions predominantly in the anal and genital area and transmission mainly related to high-risk sexual contact.

2024 February, Carmela Pinnetti, Eleonora Cimini, Valentina Mazzotta, Giulia Matusali, Alessandra Vergori, Annalisa Mondi, “Mpox as AIDS-defining event with a severe and protracted course: clinical, immunological, and virological implications”, in The Lancet infectious diseases, volume 24, number 2, published 2023 September 28, →DOI:

The W.H.O.’s decision this time was prompted by an escalating crisis of mpox concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It recently spread to a dozen other African countries. If it is not contained, the virus again may rampage all over the world, experts warned.

2024 August 15, Apoorva Mandavilli, “How Did Mpox Become a Global Emergency? What’s Next?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(pathology) A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.

Mpox#Nomenclature
en:BBC News
en:CBC News


skeeter syndrome

In the morning I am awakened by what I assume are ambulances but which are allegedly cicadas. My left ankle is swollen with two mosquito bites. I suffer from “skeeter syndrome,” which means mosquito bites on my skin distend to tumoral degrees and erupt in tiny welts.

2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times:

(medicine) A type of localized severe allergic reaction to mosquito bites, caused by allergenic polypeptides in mosquito saliva, consisting of inflammation, peeling skin, hives, ulceration, and sometimes fever.


nonfacility

(medicine) Not performed in, or not relating to, a medical facility.


MRGN

MRGN (countable and uncountable, plural MRGNs or MRGN)

(microbiology, medicine) Acronym of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterium: any of a group of bacteria responsible for serious infections.

MRGN

initialism or acronym for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria


deaccess

en-verb

deaccess (third-person singular simple present deaccesses, present participle deaccessing, simple past and past participle deaccessed)

deaccesses (present singular third-person)
deaccessing (participle present)
deaccessed (participle past)
deaccessed (past)

(transitive, medicine) To flush and close (a port (medical appliance)).


cerebrofaciothoracic

(medicine) Involving the cerebrum, face, and thorax.


Pascual-Castroviejo syndrome type 1

(pathology) A rare autosomal-recessive condition characterized by facial dysmorphism, cognitive impairment, and skeletal anomalies.


brown heroin

From brown + heroin, from the light to medium brown colour as opposed to black tar heroin.

(drugs) A type of heroin, powdery and brown in color, that is usually snorted or smoked.


cognitohazard

Blend of cognition + hazard. Probable origin is from the SCP Foundation website.

The symbol on that piece of paper is a cognitohazard which puts everyone who reads it in a week-long coma.

SUMBITCH. I started listening to http://nyan.cat/ again and now I can't turn it off. #memetic #cognitohazard #scp

2011 April 28, @triggurgoat, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-01-03:

CAUTION! High-grade Cognitohazard in effect!

2011 July 29, @LexLevinholt, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-01-03:

The one about Qpple hardware being a cognitohazard?
(I made that up, BTW. :D )

2013 February 27, neurotrashboy, “Place name of the week”, in alt.running.out.of.newsgroup.names (Usenet), retrieved 2022-12-09:

SCP-2359’s primary anomalous property is a cognitohazard that propagates to anyone who makes visual, auditory or informational contact with it. The infection impresses a false identity and memories of SCP-2359 onto the mind of the affected subject.

2016 January 29, StringentCurry, “SCP-2359”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2022-12-11:

Numerous people have reported, or, more accurately, been discovered, as having been subjected to the proscribed work The King in Yellow. […] For one thing, we’re not even sure there’s anything useful in the King play. It’s a complete cognitohazard.

2017, Zachary Adam, Sanity Line (Arcane Revolution Series), CreateSpace, →ISBN:

The last week was devoted to an equally theoretical threat—weaponized cognitohazards. Brown notes. Things that you could be hurt, or possibly killed, by just seeing or hearing them… and what would happen if they got on the Internet. How would people protect themselves?

2018, Paul Briggs, Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise, Secant Publishing, →ISBN:

“Says here you’re on the front lines, not search and rescue. Do you have the cognitohazard equipment?”

2020, Azalea Ellis, Gods of Ash and Amber (Seeds of Chaos), Seladore Publishing, →ISBN:

TL;DR: “Infohazard” means any kind of information that could be harmful in some fashion. Let’s use “cognitohazard” to describe information that could specifically harm the person who knows it.

[2020 February 2, eukaryote, “A point of clarification on infohazard terminology”, in LessWrong, archived from the original on 2022-12-11:

Curses! Foiled again by the cognitohazard of Harry Styles’ painted nails!!!!!!

2022 August 26, Ryan Broderick, Garbage Day, retrieved 2023-10-16:

Awawawa is a cognitohazard that spreads specifically among submissive trans people

2022 December 6, @circleoflust, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-01-03:

(neurology, chiefly science fiction) An image, pattern, sound, or any other kind of sensory signal that directly causes harmful or undesired physiological or physical effects to one who senses or perceives it.


cognitohazardous

en-adj

cognitohazardous (comparative more cognitohazardous, superlative most cognitohazardous)

more cognitohazardous (comparative)
most cognitohazardous (superlative)

Rapidly-flashing lights are cognitohazardous to people with certain forms of epilepsy, resulting in seizures.

Had the unknown girl who'd written those things somehow added to the end of the book without realizing what it was? Or had it acquired cognitohazardous properties after she was already dead?

2014, Matt Dymerski, The Portal in the Forest, Proximate Publishing, →ISBN:

(neurology, chiefly science fiction) Being, containing, or pertaining to a cognitohazard.


cyamella

(anatomy) A small sesamoid bone situated in the popliteus muscle found in primates (rarely humans) and certain other animals.


neurosupport

With detoxification, the crucial help of the various therapists described in this book, and a program of natural vitamin, mineral, and neurosupport therapies, you can also heal your deep emotional wounds and achieve what we all want for you […]

2010, Chris Prentiss, Pax Prentiss, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure:

Evidently, prolonged activation responses of glial cells result in the withdrawal of glial neurosupport functions with deficiencies in structural, trophic, bioenergetic, and immune regulatory/phagocytic support.

2020, Giacinto Bagetta, Carlo Nucci, editors, Glaucoma: A Neurodegenerative Disease of the Retina and Beyond: Part A, page 59:


zonesthesia

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt”) + -esthesia.

af

(medicine) A feeling of constriction, as if by a belt.


placebo-controlled

A placebo-controlled trial.

(medicine, sciences, research) Including a comparison (control) group with placebo. (describing clinical trials)


Bacteriaceae

(medicine) A large family of bacteria (in some classifications) that is usually gram-negative, producing no spores and having a complex metabolism while utilizing amino acids of different types.


frogitis

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In the ensuing years, television was blamed for a variety of children's diseases and health problems, among them “frogitis” (a knee ailment), “TV Bottom” (a temporary tailbone ache), and “TV Tummy” (an anxiety induced stomach ache)[…]

1991, Christopher A. Lane, Melodie Lane, Parenting by Remote Control, Vine Books, →ISBN, page 55:

(informal, pathology, uncommon) A supposed knee ailment caused by watching TV cross-legged for extended periods.


Donovan body

After Irish medical officer Charles Donovan.

(medicine) Any of the rod-shaped oval organisms observed in the cytoplasm of patients with granuloma inguinale (donovanosis).


TKI

tyrosine kinase inhibitor
w:tyrosine kinase inhibitor

(pharmacology) Initialism of tyrosine kinase inhibitor.


basofrontal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a region at the base and front of an organ.


hATTR

(medicine) Abbreviation of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.


multiple cerebral sclerosis

en-noun

multiple cerebral sclerosis (uncountable)


colony-forming unit

colony-forming unit (plural colony-forming units)

(cytology) A progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.


ABPM

Coordinate term: HBPM

The Nice guidelines stipulate that if blood pressure measurements taken during a consultation are 140/90mmHg or higher then extra confirmation should be obtained with either ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), or home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM).

2011 February 22, Ben Quinn, “Blood pressure testing faces overhaul to reduce misdiagnosis”, in The Guardian:

(medicine) Initialism of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.


HBPM

Coordinate term: ABPM

(medicine) Initialism of home blood pressure monitoring.


undiagnose

en-verb

undiagnose (third-person singular simple present undiagnoses, present participle undiagnosing, simple past and past participle undiagnosed)

undiagnoses (present singular third-person)
undiagnosing (participle present)
undiagnosed (participle past)
undiagnosed (past)

Karp's specialty is lupus, which affects 1.5 million Americans, according to the Lupus Foundation of America. Lupus can be mild, as in Tota's case, or it can be severe, leading to kidney failure and death. But the blood tests used to diagnose lupus can confuse primary-care physicians, Karp says. "I probably undiagnose as many people as I diagnose."

2018 January 19, Sophia Dembling, “Living with a medical mystery: Why are autoimmune disorders so puzzling?”, in The Dallas Morning News:

(transitive, medicine) To withdraw a former diagnosis of.


cytotech

Coordinate term: histotech

(medicine) Clipping of cytotechnologist or cytotechnician.


histotech

Coordinate term: cytotech

(medicine) Clipping of histotechnologist or histotechnician.


point of care

point-of-care testing; point-of-care ultrasound

(medicine, often attributively) The time and location at which clinicians deliver medical care and healthcare services to patients.


tertiarism

(pathology, obsolete) All the symptoms of the tertiary stage of syphilis taken collectively.


flexid

A flexid or flexus is said to abut when the enamel of the flexid or flexus touches the enamel of the opposite side of the tooth. The distal end or termination of the flexid or flexus is described as flattened, rounded or narrowed.

1955, Joseph Augustine Cushman, Raymond Cecil Moore, John Bernard Reeside, Journal of Paleontology, volume 29, page 130:

Lower premolar tetralophodont, with two labial and two lingual flexids; tooth usually divided by one central flexid into two V-shaped lophs […]

2005, Eileen A. Lacey, Philip Myers, Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography, page 282:

(dentistry) In infolding of enamel that separates lophs on a lower tooth.


snowman sign

From the resemblance to a snowman with separate head and body portions.

(medicine) A figure-of-eight appearance on a cardiac X-ray, sometimes indicative of supracardiac TAPVC.


TAPVC

(medicine) Initialism of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.


APVC

(medicine) Initialism of anomalous pulmonary venous connection.


aquablation

en-noun

aquablation (countable and uncountable, plural aquablations)

/ˈɑːkwəˌbleɪʃn̩/

[Objective:] To assess the safety and feasibility of aquablation in a first-in-man study. Aquablation is a novel minimally invasive water ablation therapy combining image guidance and robotics (AquaBeam^®) for the targeted and heat-free removal of prostatic tissue in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

2016 June, Peter Gilling, Rana Reuther, Arman Kahokehr, Mark Fraundorfer, “Aquablation – image-guided robot-assisted waterjet ablation of the prostate: initial clinical experience”, in BJU International, volume 117, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, page 923:

benign prostatic hyperplasia
benign prostatic hyperplasia

(surgery) A surgical technique used for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia, involving the ablation of prostatic tissue with a high-velocity saline stream with the use of robotic assistance and real-time ultrasonic guidance.


minimally invasive

Angioplasty is a minimally invasive endovascular procedure used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins.

(medicine, of a surgical procedure) Requiring only a small incision into the body, thereby reducing wound healing time, associated pain, and the risk of infection.

ذَات أَقَل تَدَخُّل جِرَاحِيّ

minimizes cutting through the skin and tissues


pseudosyncope

(biology, medicine) A condition clinically similar to syncope but not truly syncopal in nature, being caused psychogenically; thus, apparent fainting but without concomitant hemodynamic and electroencephalographic changes.


benign prostatic hyperplasia

benign prostatic hyperplasia (countable and uncountable, plural benign prostatic hyperplasias)

Mr. Goldman, like up to 90 percent of men in their 70s, has benign prostatic hyperplasia, or B.P.H., a nonmalignant growth of the prostate gland. As the prostate enlarges with age, it squeezes the urethra that passes through it and can disrupt normal urinary function.

2019 August 26, Jane E. Brody, “Alternatives to Surgery for an Enlarged Prostate”, in The New York Times:

(pathology) A noncancerous increase in size of the prostate gland, often resulting in symptoms such as frequent urination, urinary urgency, involuntary urination or the inability to urinate.


benign prostate enlargement

benign prostate enlargement (countable and uncountable, plural benign prostate enlargements)

benign prostatic hyperplasia
benign prostatic hyperplasia#English

(pathology) Synonym of benign prostatic hyperplasia.


metonitazene

Recent chatter on drug fora indeed points at a renewed interest in these “nitazene” 2-benzylbenzimidazole opioids, and their (online) availability seems to be increasing. Metonitazene, for example, was recently found in seized material in the U.S.,⁴¹ where its appearance seems to be growing.⁴²

2021, Marthe M. VandeputteKatleen Van Uytfangheet al., “Synthesis, Chemical Characterization, and μ‑Opioid Receptor Activity Assessment of the Emerging Group of “Nitazene” 2‑Benzylbenzimidazole Synthetic Opioids”, in ACS Chemical Neuroscience, volume 12, number 7, →DOI, page 1242:

Harm reduction groups in the area had been unaware of a potentially dangerous opioid, metonitazene, that surfaced in the sample, he said. Weeks later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report about the substance, an indication of how drug checking can offer timely warnings for users.

2022 December 24, Noah Weiland, “A High-Tech Strategy for Keeping Drug Users Safe: Analyzing Their Fentanyl”, in The New York Times:

(pharmacology) A potent synthetic opioid analgesic of the nitazene group, used as an illicit drug.


guancydine

(pharmacology) An adrenergic release inhibitor with IUPAC name 1-cyano-2-(2-methylbutan-2-yl)guanidine.


gynesic

(obsolete, medicine) Of or related to the female genitals.


isunakinra

(pharmacology) A particular interleukin-1 receptor inhibitor.


Baggio–Yoshinari syndrome

Baggio–Yoshinari syndrome (plural Baggio–Yoshinari syndromes)

Amblyomma cajennense
Amblyomma cajennense

(medicine) A disease transmitted by the Amblyomma cajennense tick, but the organism that causes the infection is still unknown.


aortectasis

(medicine) Alternative form of aortectasia


pancreatalgia

Patients initially may seek medical attention for diabetes mellitus, which becomes clinically manifest a few years after the onset of pancreatalgia.

2018, Isidor Segal, Digestive Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changes and Challenges, page 98:


critical condition

(medicine) A precarious state of health of a person, who is in need of intensive care to remain alive. (This entry is a translation hub.)


Deiters' cell

Named after neuroanatomist Otto Deiters.

(anatomy) A kind of cell found in the inner ear, containing microfilaments and microtubules that run from the basilar membrane to the reticular membrane of the inner ear.


cell of Deiters

cell of Deiters (plural cells of Deiters)


commotio cordis

commotio cordis Literally (canonical)
“heart agitation”. (canonical)

From Latin [Term?] (literally “agitation or disruption of the heart”), from agitation+cordis, from heart.

bor

(medicine) An often lethal disruption of heart rhythm as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart at a critical time during the cycle of a heartbeat.


WOCBP

Inclusion of women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) into clinical trials generally requires the completion of reproductive toxicity and genotoxicity studies.

2009, Lutz Müller, Anke Lühe, “Preclinical safety testing”, in John P. Griffin, editor, The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine, 6th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 118:

(medicine) Initialism of women of child-bearing potential; also WoCBP.


funnel chest

pectus excavatum
pectus excavatum#English


koilo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek κοῖλο- (koîlo-, “hollow, concave”).


hypermorbidity

From hyper- + morbidity or hyper- + morbid + -ity.

Hypermorbidity in respiratory symptoms among smokers in the population sample is in good agreement with other reports. The fact that this hypermorbidity was found also among smokers in smoking-discordant monozygotic twin pairs by use of the twin-control method speaks in favor of a causal interpretation. The hypermorbidity in "angina pectoris" among smokers in the population sample of firstborn twins is of the same order of magnitude as in other reports in regard to hypermortality—hypermorbidity investigations being sparse and not unanimous.

1966, R. Cederlof, L. Friberg, E. Jonsson, L. Kaij, “Respiratory symptoms and angina pectoris in twins with reference to smoking habits”, in Arch Environ Health, volume 13, number 6, →DOI, pages 726–737:

The hypermorbidity of smokers causes an extra need for medical care.

1988, Masironi, R., Rothwell, K., “[Trends in and effects of smoking in the world] [English-language abstract of article text in French].”, in World Health Stat Q, volume 41, numbers 3-4, →PMID, pages 228–241:

Brieger et al. (1954) reported hypermortality and hypermorbidity among workers in an abrasive industry.

2015, Carolyn A. Tylenda, Dexter W. Sullivan, Bruce A. Fowler, , edited by Gunnar F. Nordberg, Bruce A. Fowler, and Monica Nordberg, Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, 4th edition, volume 2: Specific Metals, Academic Press, →DOI, →ISBN, Chapter 27: Antimony, pages 565–579:

(medicine) Markedly high morbidity (illness), more than what might otherwise be expected (in any given disease or state of health).


hypermortality

From hyper- + mortality or hyper- + mortal + -ity.

(medicine) Markedly high mortality, more than what might otherwise be expected (in any given disease or state of health).


cryodestruction

(medicine) Surgical destruction of tissues using cold.


Beauchene skull

en-noun

Beauchene skull (plural Beauchene skulls)

The method was developed by Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (1780–1830), French surgeon and anatomist.

Identify the structures of the nasal septum on an articulated skull (and a Beauchene skull, if available) or use the search text box to locate these structures in Real Anatomy (Skeletal).

2017, Connie Allen, Valerie Harper, “Exercise 9: Axial Skeleton”, in Laboratory Manual for Anatomy and Physiology, 6th edition, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 120:

(anatomy) A specimen of a human skull, used for medical teaching, whose bones are disarticulated along the sutures and mounted at a distance on brass supports.


nasal breathing

nasal breathing (countable and uncountable, plural nasal breathings)

/ˈneɪzəl ˌbɹiːðɪŋ/

breathing through the mouth
mouth breathing

(medicine) Long-term breathing through the nose, as opposed to breathing through the mouth.


mouth breathing

mouth breathing (countable and uncountable, plural mouth breathings)

/ˈmaʊθ ˌbɹiːðɪŋ/

breathing through the nose
nasal breathing

(medicine) Long-term breathing through the mouth, often caused by an obstruction to breathing through the nose.


thrombopathia

(veterinary science) A heritable dog blood clotting disorder with results in bleeding noses and gums.


exploded skull

Bones available for purchase range from loose femurs to articulated spines to fetal skulls and beyond. An individual rib goes for $18, while what’s known as an exploded skull — a preparation where the bones are spaced out, appearing to be suspended in midair — would cost you nearly $6,000.

2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The Washington Post:


Dejerine-Sottas disease

Desribed by French neurologists Joseph Jules Dejerine (1849–1917) and Jules Sottas (1866–1945).

(pathology) A hereditary neurological disorder, caused by mutations in various genes, characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves and resulting in progressive muscle wasting.


neuroperception

(neuroscience) Response of the nervous system in perception.


vaporesection

(urology) An operating technique, using a near infrared laser to destroy part of the prostate.


photodermatotoxicity

From photo- + dermatotoxicity or photo- + dermato- + toxic + -ity.

(medicine) Light-induced toxicity in the skin.


cancroine

(pharmacology, obsolete) A substance extracted from cancer juice, possibly neurine citrate.


thoracobiliary

(medicine) Involving both bile duct and pleural space.


protussive

en-adj

protussive (comparative more protussive, superlative most protussive)

more protussive (comparative)
most protussive (superlative)

Coordinate term: antitussive

(medicine) Enhancing coughing, either by making coughing more frequent or by increasing expectoration.


protussive

Coordinate term: antitussive


pseudoneutropenia

(medicine) Transient low neutrophil count that does not represent neutropenia despite that it would seem to if interpreted in isolation (as opposed to the following of trends over serial measurements).


pseudoleukocytosis

(medicine) Transiently high leukocyte count (WBC count) that does not represent leukocytosis despite that it would seem to if interpreted in isolation (as opposed to the following of trends over serial measurements).


pseudoleukopenia

(medicine) Transiently low leukocyte count (WBC count) that does not represent leukopenia despite that it would seem to if interpreted in isolation (as opposed to the following of trends over serial measurements).


pseudolymphocytosis

(medicine) Transiently high lymphocyte count that does not represent lymphocytosis despite that it would seem to if interpreted in isolation (as opposed to the following of trends over serial measurements).


pseudomoniasis

(biology, medicine) Pseudomonas infection: a bacterial infection caused by any of various species of the genus Pseudomonas. Such infections occur in various host animals, especially certain fish; in humans immunodeficiency is typically a predisposing factor.


pseudoerythrocytosis

(medicine) Transiently high erythrocyte count (RBC count) that does not represent erythrocytosis despite that it would seem to if interpreted in isolation (out of clinical context, ignoring hemoconcentration). Also called relative erythrocytosis, relative polycythemia, or Gaisböck syndrome.


vPFC

ventricular prefrontal cortex
ventricular prefrontal cortex#English

(neurology) Abbreviation of ventricular prefrontal cortex.


RUQ

right upper quadrant
w:right upper quadrant

(anatomy) Initialism of right upper quadrant (of the human abdomen).


LLQ

left lower quadrant
w:left lower quadrant

(anatomy) Initialism of left lower quadrant (of the human abdomen).


LUQ

left upper quadrant
w:left upper quadrant

(anatomy) Initialism of left upper quadrant (of the human abdomen).


airport malaria

en-noun

airport malaria (countable and uncountable, plural airport malarias)

(medicine) Malaria caused by an infected female Anopheles mosquito that is transported by aircraft from a malaria-endemic country to a country where malaria is usually not found, potentially biting local residents without a history of recent travel.


ICV

ICV (countable and uncountable, plural ICVs)

(health, medicine) Abbreviation of international certificate of vaccination.


BLK

BLK (countable and uncountable, plural BLKs)

B lymphocyte kinase
B lymphocyte kinase#English

(genetics) Alternative form of Blk; A gene that encodes for the enzyme B lymphocyte kinase.


Blk

Blk (countable and uncountable, plural Blks)

(genetics) A gene that encodes for an enzyme, B-cell lymphocyte kinase (BLK).


interparenchymatous

(anatomy, botany) Between parenchyma cells.


AOJ

(anatomy) Initialism of atlantooccipital joint.


microchiria

(medicine) Abnormal smallness of the hands.


AAAL

(medicine) Initialism of arthritis-attributable activity limitation.


AOM

AOM (countable and uncountable, plural AOMs)

acute otitis media
acute otitis media#English

(medicine) Initialism of acute otitis media.


acute otitis media

acute otitis media (countable and uncountable, plural acute otitis medias)

(medicine) A type of otitis media infection in the ear characterized by severe pain.


CSOM

CSOM (countable and uncountable, plural CSOMs)

chronic suppurative otitis media#English

(medicine) Initialism of chronic suppurative otitis media.


chronic suppurative otitis media

chronic suppurative otitis media (countable and uncountable, plural chronic suppurative otitis medias)

chronic suppurative otitis medias (plural)

(medicine) A type of otitis media infection in the ear characterized by inflammation of the middle ear.


W-sitting

(medicine) An abnormal posture in which a person sits with their knees forward and feet splayed outward.


mucolytically

en-adv

mucolytically (not generally comparable, comparative more mucolytically, superlative most mucolytically)

more mucolytically (comparative)
most mucolytically (superlative)


polyaesthesia

(neurology) A number of identical feelings nevertheless higher than the number of causes.


reticuloperitonitis

hardware disease
hardware disease#English

(veterinary medicine) Inflammation of the reticulum and the peritoneum in ruminants, which is usually caused by, part of, and metonymically synonymous with hardware disease.

hardware disease

usually although not invariably synonymous


retinopapillitis

(medicine) Inflammation of the retina and the optic papilla, usually as a part of optic neuritis; depending on nosologic approach, viewed as synonymous with, hyponymous to, or differentiable from any of the following: papillitis, retinal papillitis, optic papillitis, optic neuritis, and papilledema.


midparent

(genetics) The average phenotype of two parents.


osteofibromatosis

(medicine) Any syndrome of multiple osteofibromas, not specific to just a single disease entity in modern histopathology classifications.


osteofibroma

(medicine) Any tissue mass comprising bony and fibrous tissues, not necessarily specific to just a single disease entity in modern histopathology classifications but correlated especially with osteofibrous dysplasia.


mucoregulatory

en-adj

mucoregulatory (not generally comparable, comparative more mucoregulatory, superlative most mucoregulatory)

more mucoregulatory (comparative)
most mucoregulatory (superlative)

From muco- + regulate + -ory or muco- + regulatory.

(biology, medicine) Having a regulatory effect on the production of mucus, as for example endogenously (in homeostasis) or (usually, especially) exogenously (in pharmacology).


spondylizema

In spondylizema the body of the vertebra is destroyed, and we therefore get pelvis obtecta — that is to say, the lumbar spine covers in the brim of the pelvis.

1912, David Berry Hart, Guide to midwifery, page 684:

(medicine, archaic, rare) A disintegration and sinking in of the lower lumbar vertebrae.


scrotalgia

Complications noted were relatively minor, all less then 5%, such as urinary tract infection, self-limited sensory changes in the feet due to positioning, transient ED, scrotalgia, and minor wound problems.

2008, Reynaldo G. Gomez, “Stricture Excision and Primary Anastomosis for Anterior Urethral Strictures”, in Steven B. Brandes, editor, Urethral Reconstructive Surgery (Current Clinical Urology), Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 116:


sajodin

(medicine, obsolete) Calcium iodobehenate.


sabromin

(medicine, obsolete) A bromine preparation used to treat epilepsy.


Westergren method

Described by Swedish physician Alf Vilhelm Albertsson Westergren (1891–1968) in 1921.

erythrocyte sedimentation rate
erythrocyte sedimentation rate

(hematology) A method, used to estimate the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), which measures the distance (in millimeters) which red blood cells in anticoagulated whole blood fall to the bottom of a standardized upright tube over a period of one hour.


whole blood

(medicine) Blood taken directly from a human in which no components have been removed (which is common after blood donation).


cross-bone

From cross + bone, a calque of German Kreuzbein (“sacrum”).

Next comes the cross-bone (sacrum), which is inserted between the two halves of the pelvic girdle. This cross-bone consists of five fixed and amalgamated cross-vertebræ.

1879, Ernst Haeckel, “Development of the Organs of Motion”, in The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny, volume 2, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 282:


CIDP

en-noun

CIDP (countable and uncountable, plural CIDPs)

Coordinate term: AIDP

w:chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

(pathology) Initialism of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.


AIDP

AIDP (countable and uncountable, plural AIDPs)

Coordinate term: CIDP

w:acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

(pathology) Initialism of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.


trip sitter

Of trip (“period of drug-induced reverie”) + sitter (“one who watches or tends something”). Attested from the 20th century; see quotations below.

compound

As a psychedelic researcher, she was a “trip sitter” the straight person charting drug trips and documenting the findings.

1996 June 7, Kathleen McCloud, “‘Artists choice’ promotes idea of mentoring debuts lesser-known work”, in The Santa Fe New Mexican, page 6:

In some cases, a trip sitter may be a medical professional, such as nurses used in psychedelic research or a therapist who performs psychedelic psychotherapy. […] However, the most common trip sitter is a friend or family member whom the drug user trusts.

2009, Sean Williams, The Big Picture, page 30:

Trip sitters are especially handy for your first few psychedelic experiences, or if you’re planning on taking a moderate to high dose.

2019, Michelle Janikian, Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion, page 83:

Of the 492 women declaring substance use at festivals, late alcohol initiation[…], late illicit drug initiation[…], and late festival initiation[…] favoured testing their drugs. A similar correlation was observed for ensuring the presence of a trip-sitter: very weak association was observed for late alcohol initiation

2020, Iga Kender-Jeziorska, “Patterns of recreational drug use and harm reduction strategies among women a music festivals: The case of Hungary and Poland”, in J. Buxton, G. Margo, L. Burger, editors, The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women, page 208:

(recreational drugs, medicine) A person who watches over a person who is using drugs.


Parkinson-plus syndrome

en-noun

Parkinson-plus syndrome (plural Parkinson-plus syndromes)

(pathology) Any of a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the classical features of Parkinson's disease (including tremor, rigidity, akinesia/bradykinesia, and postural instability) with additional features that distinguish them from idiopathic Parkinson's disease.


complementary DNA

reverse transcriptase
reverse transcriptase

(genetics) DNA produced from a single-stranded RNA template in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.


NAAT

(genetics) Initialism of nucleic acid amplification test.


CRVO

(ophthalmology) Initialism of central retinal vein occlusion.


CRAO

(ophthalmology) Initialism of central retinal artery occlusion.


BRVO

(ophthalmology) Initialism of branch retinal vein occlusion.


BRAO

(ophthalmology) Initialism of branch retinal artery occlusion.


POAG

(ophthalmology) Initialism of primary open-angle glaucoma.


AACG

(ophthalmology) Initialism of acute angle-closure glaucoma.


APML

acute promyelocytic leukemia
acute promyelocytic leukemia#English

(oncology, hematology) Initialism of acute promyelocytic leukemia.


-focon

Phonetic blend of hydro-pho-bic + con-tact lens.

(medicine) Hydrophobic rigid contact lens material.


-filcon

Phonetic blend of hydro-phil-ic + con-tact lens.

(medicine) Hydrophilic soft contact lens material.


angulospenial

(amphibians, anatomy) A bone in the lower jaw of amphibians


antidropsical

(medicine) Preventing or counteracting dropsy.


superradical

(surgery) With mastectomy relating to the additional removal of mammary, supraclavicular and mediastinal nodes.


iothion

(medicine, archaic) Synonym of iopropane


LATS

lLong-acting thyroid stimulator
w:lLong-acting thyroid stimulator

(endocrinology) Initialism of lLong-acting thyroid stimulator.


MSH

melanocyte-stimulating hormone
melanocyte-stimulating hormone#English

(endocrinology, biochemistry) Initialism of melanocyte-stimulating hormone.


TBG

thyroxine-binding globulin
thyroxine-binding globulin#English

(endocrinology, biochemistry) Initialism of thyroxine-binding globulin.


mPFC

medial prefrontal cortex
medial prefrontal cortex#English

(neurology) Initialism of medial prefrontal cortex.


clitoral foreskin

clitoral foreskin (plural clitoral foreskins)

Often edema of the clitoral foreskin produces a phimosis; we consider this one of the early diagnostic signs of disease.

1981, Herman L. Gardner, Raymond H. Kaufman, Benign Diseases of the Vulva and Vagina:

About 80 years ago in the U.S., many doctors advocated circumcision of the female clitoral foreskin for reasons identical to the reasons for advocating male circumcision [...]

1985, Anne K. Briggs, Circumcision: What Every Parent Should Know:

The clitoris increases in size and is brought into closer contact with the clitoral foreskin.

2013, Ross Morrow, Sex Research and Sex Therapy:

[...] the condition gave rise to smegma or other secretion accumulating between the clitoris and the clitoral foreskin, causing “inflammation, itching and nervous irritation.

2014, Sarah B. Rodriguez, Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States:


penile foreskin

penile foreskin (plural penile foreskins)

The clitoris and the penis, so also the clitoral hood and the penile foreskin, develop from a single set of precursors.

1996, Joan H. Rollins, Women's Minds/women's Bodies:

The penile foreskin, especially to the rabbis, is a similar gift to God

2006, Eric Kline Silverman, From Abraham to America, page 28:

Here we are talking about the penile foreskin, but the same argument applies to the clitoral foreskin or labia.

2022, Ezio Di Nucci, Ji-Young Lee, Isaac A. Wagner, The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics, page 303:


psychoplastogen

Coined by American neuroscientist David E. Olson in 2018, from psycho- (“mind”) + plasto- (“plastic”) + -gen (“agent of production”), referring to the ability to rapidly promote neuronal changes via mechanisms of neuroplasticity.

af

Although the molecular targets of classic and dissociative psychedelics differ (5HT and NMDA receptors, respectively), their plasticity promoting properties are similar and are known to activate TrkB, mTOR, and 5HT_(2A) signaling pathways, suggesting that these key signaling hubs may serve as potential targets for the development of "psychoplastogens," fast-acting antidepressants, and anxiolytics (Ly et al., 2018).

2018, Tanya Calvey, Fleur M. Howells, “Chapter 1: An Introduction to Psychedelic Neuroscience”, in Tanya Calvey, editor, Psychedelic Neuroscience, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 5:

The fact that LSD, psilocybin, and so forth act as psychoplastogens—agents that increase the plasticity of the mind—is part of what explains their therapeutic effects (Ly et al. 2018, Olson 2018).

2021, Chris Letheby, Philosophy of Psychedelics, Oxford University Press, page 148:

2022, Maxemiliano V. Vargas, et al., Psychedelics and Other Psychoplastogens for Treating Mental Illness, Antonio Metastasio, Graham Campbell, Renee Harvey, Peter Schuyler Hendricks, Joanna Caroline Neill, Katrin H. Preller (editors) Can Psychedelic Therapies open a New Frontier in Mental Healthcare (Or Will the Bubble Burst?), Frontiers Media, page 123,
FIGURE 7 | Comparison of traditional antidepressant treatments with hallucinogenic and non-hallucinogenic psychoplastogen treatments. *Currently, no clinical trials have been conducted with non-hallucinogenic psychoplastogens, and thus, their fast-acting and long-lasting effects refer to preclinical testing only.

(medicine, psychiatry, organic chemistry) Any of a group of small molecule drugs (notably including some psychedelics) that produce rapid and long-lasting effects on neuronal structure and function and whose use is intended to produce therapeutic benefit after a single dose.

psychoplastogène

any of a group of small molecule drugs that produce rapid, long-lasting effects on neuronal structure


sacrofemoral

(anatomy) Relating to the sacrum and femur.


sacroperineal

(anatomy) Relating to the sacrum and perineum.


salpingonasal

(anatomy) Relating to the Eustachian tube and the nose.


salpingopalatal

(anatomy) Relating to the Eustachian tube and the palate.


daprodustat

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A medication used to treat anemia due to chronic kidney disease.


sanguifier

(medicine, obsolete) That which produces blood.


sarcogenous

en-adj

sarcogenous (comparative more sarcogenous, superlative most sarcogenous)

more sarcogenous (comparative)
most sarcogenous (superlative)

(medicine) Promoting the generation of flesh.


normocupremic

From normocupremia + -ic or normo- + cupremia + -ic.

(biology, medicine) Having a normal amount of copper in the bloodstream.


eukalemic

From eukalemia + -ic or eu- + kalemia + -ic.

(biology, medicine) Synonym of normokalemic


eukalemia

From eu- + kalemia or eu- + kal(ium) + -emia.

(biology, medicine) Synonym of normokalemia


eucalcemia

From eu- + calcemia or eu- + calc- + -emia.

(biology, medicine) Synonym of normocalcemia


normomagnesemic

From normomagnesemia + -ic or normo- + magnesemia + -ic.

(biology, medicine) Having a normal percentage of magnesium in one's blood.


eumagnesemic

From eumagnesemia + -ic or eu- + magnesemia + -ic.

(biology, medicine) Synonym of normomagnesemic


dyscalcemia

From dys- + calcemia or dys- + calc- + -emia.

(biology, medicine) A unhealthy concentration of calcium in the blood.


kalemic

Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia, are common electrolyte electrolyte diseases related to changes in potassium intake, excretion, or transcellular shifts. Hypokalemia is commonly induced by diuretics and gastrointestinal losses, whereas hyperkalemia is typically caused by kidney disease, hyperglycemia, and pharmaceutical use. The aetiology of kalemia can range from minor to severe, and it can be caused by diet, drugs, or another disease. […] This review gives an insight into the causes, symptoms, complications as well as pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of kalemic conditions in pregnancy. This review also reported some cases of hypo and hyperkalemia in pregnancy in both human and animals.

2022, Athira Roy, Nissy P. Jacob, A.R. Vaishnavi, M. Sudha, R. Sambath Kumar, “Review on kalemic conditions in pregnancy”, in Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, volume 12, number 1-S, →DOI:

(biology, medicine) Of or pertaining to kalemia: (usually, especially) regarding trends of potassium (K) concentration over time.

natremic

biometallic cation concentration in blood


dyscalcemic

dyscalcemic (not generally comparable, comparative more dyscalcemic, superlative most dyscalcemic)

more dyscalcemic (comparative)
most dyscalcemic (superlative)

From dys- + calcemic or dyscalcemia + -ic or dys- + calcemia + -ic.

(biology, medicine) Relating to dyscalcemia (abnormal amount of calcium in the blood).


magnesemic

(biology, medicine) Of or pertaining to magnesemia: (usually, especially) regarding trends of magnesium (Mg) concentration over time.


cupremic

(biology, medicine) Of or pertaining to cupremia: (usually, especially) regarding trends of copper concentration over time.


pinky toe

[…]Esther hobbled, blowing gasps of pain, her pinky toe stubbed.

1972, D. Keith Mano, The Proselytizer, page 102:

One of these visits included a winter Camping trip I dreamed up, which turned into a minor disaster for me because I caught frostbite and had to have my right pinky toe amputated two weeks later.

1984, James Howard Kunstler, Blood Sostice, page 4:

Over the next six days I had three more operations. The last one lasting 12 hours. The doctors had used my stomach muscle to replace the lost foot tissue. They sewed the blood vessels together. They also moved the pinky toe to the place of my missing fourth toe.

1994 June 15, Congressional record, page 12927:

(anatomy, informal) The smallest, outermost toe on human feet.


ILD

en-noun

ILD (countable and uncountable, plural ILDs)

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) refers to more than 200 chronic lung disorders, including pulmonary fibrosis.

“Interstitial Lung Disease & Pulmonary Fibrosis”, in University of Chicago Medical Center, archived from the original on 2023-02-13:

interstitial lung disease
interstitial lung disease#English

(pulmonology, pathology) Initialism of interstitial lung disease.


ytvA

Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus subtilis#Translingual

(bacteriology, genetics) A gene in Bacillus subtilis that codes for a blue light photoreceptor protein (YtvA).


etio-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek roots; more at aetiology § Etymology.

(biology, medicine) cause; causes; causation.


SSPE

(virology, neurology) Initialism of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.


SVCO

superior vena cava
superior vena cava#English

(medicine) Initialism of superior vena cava obstruction.


scalpellus

(obsolete, medicine) surgical knife, scalpel


scapulobrachial

(anatomy) Relating to the scapula and the arm.


scapuloradial

(anatomy) Relating to the scapula and the radius.


scapuloulnar

(anatomy) Relating to the scapula and the ulna.


scapulospinal

(anatomy) Relating to the scapula and the spine.


scapulovertebral

(anatomy) Relating to the scapula and the vertebrae.


minimal change disease

So called because the changes caused by the disease cannot easily be seen even under microscopy.

(pathology) A disease of the kidneys, characterized by proteinuria, edema, weight gain, and hypoalbuminaemia.


scrofulo-rachitic

en-adj

scrofulo-rachitic (comparative more scrofulo-rachitic, superlative most scrofulo-rachitic)

more scrofulo-rachitic (comparative)
most scrofulo-rachitic (superlative)

(medicine, archaic) Tending toward scrofula and rickets.


scrofulo-tuberculous

scrofulo-tuberculous (comparative more scrofulo-tuberculous, superlative most scrofulo-tuberculous)

more scrofulo-tuberculous (comparative)
most scrofulo-tuberculous (superlative)

(medicine, archaic) Relating to, or tending toward, scrofula and tuberculosis.


dysemesia

en-noun

dysemesia (countable and uncountable, plural dysemesias)

From dys- (difficulty) + sem (the Greek root for signal) + -ia.


RSII

rapid sequence induction and intubation#English

(medicine) Initialism of rapid sequence induction and intubation.


MRZ

MRZ (countable and uncountable, plural MRZs)

(medicine, uncountable) Initialism of measles, rubella, zoster.


iron deficiency

(medicine) The state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs.


tendosynovium

(biology, medicine, rare) Alternative form of tenosynovium


TNFi

(pharmacology) Initialism of TNF inhibitor.


ACEi

Alternative form: ACEI

(pharmacology) Initialism of ACE inhibitor.


ACEI

Alternative form: ACEi


axSpA

axSpA (countable and uncountable, plural axSpAs)

Coordinate term: pSpA

axial spondyloarthritis
axial spondyloarthritis#English

(pathology) Abbreviation of axial spondyloarthritis.


LCH

langerhans cell histiocytosis
langerhans cell histiocytosis#English

(hematology) Initialism of langerhans cell histiocytosis.


pseudoanemia

dilutional pseudoanemia

(biology, medicine) Any of various states that may be mistaken for anemia, which usually fall into the classes of (a) hemodilution that is physiologic rather than pathologic and (b) pallor of mucous membranes with nonanemic causes.


paceboard

However, because this method, as well as the actual paceboard itself, was too cumbersome, we moved to a less rigid method of rate control following one month of this technique.

1982, Clinical Aphasiology: Proceedings of the Conference, page 141:

A simple paceboard, consisting of a pattern of rectangles set next to each other, may slow the person's speech and allow for improved intelligibility. The person points to each square while uttering a single syllable.

2007, Randall T. Schapiro, Managing the Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, page 54:

(medicine) A board marked with symbols, used to help a person with multiple sclerosis to time their speaking so as to be clearly intelligible.


paidonosology

(medicine, archaic) A subdiscipline of nosology focusing on disease in children.


adenosinic

adenosinic agonist

adenosinic receptor

Ferendelli remarked 206 that CAMP may be responsible for the inhibitory action of adenosinic and biogenic amines.

1990 September 25, Hendrik Keyzer, George M. Eckert, Felix Gutmann, Electropharmacology, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 361:

All the drugs were administered at a volume of 1 mL kg ! , completely dissolved and diluted in 0.9 % NaCl ( w / v ) ( saline ), with the exception of capsaicin and the adenosinic agonists.

1996, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology:

Caffeine blocks adenosinic receptors, which also reduces[…]

2021 January 2, John D. Preston, John H. O'Neal, Mary C. Talaga, Bret A. Moore, Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists, New Harbinger Publications, →ISBN:

(biochemistry, organic chemistry, genetics) Of, relating to, or containing adenosine.


PsA

(medicine) Abbreviation of psoriatic arthritis.


pelvirectal

(anatomy) Relating to the pelvis and rectum.


pelvisacral

(anatomy) Relating to the pelvis and sacrum.


perpetual pill

(medicine, obsolete) A purgative pill made with antimony, able to be swallowed, voided, washed, and taken again.


stratum griseum intermediale

stratum griseum intermediale (plural stratum griseum intermediales)

(anatomy) A layer of small nerve cells in the superior colliculus, forming the more superficial part of the stratum lemnisci.


stratum album intermediale

stratum album intermediale (plural stratum album intermediales)

(anatomy) The main receptive layer of the superior colliculus, composed primarily of nerve of the internal corticotectal tract from the occipital and preoccipital cortex.


stratum lemnisci

stratum griseum intermediale
stratum griseum intermediale

stratum album intermediale
stratum album intermediale

(anatomy) The portion of the superior colliculus composed of the stratum griseum intermediale and the stratum album intermediale.


autospray

autospray (countable and uncountable, plural autosprays)

Under the head of "Kelene" also comes that of another achievement, and that is our medical autosprays, a convenient and effective method of applying antiseptics and other external medicaments in a fine state of division […]

1900, Kansas Pharmaceutical Association, Proceedings, page 54:

(medicine, countable, obsolete) A medicine provided in the form of a spray for topical application.


chaeto-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form; see English chaeta and New Latin chaeta, from Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “crest, mane, flowing hair, foliage”).

uder

(biology, medicine) chaeta (“chitinous bristle”).


PEHO syndrome

(pathology) A neurodegenerative disorder involving progressive encephalopathy with edema, hypsarrhythmia, and optic atrophy.


Casal collar

Named after Gaspar Casal, who first described pellagra.

(pathology) The presence of an erythematous pigmented skin rash in the distribution of a broad collar, seen in patients with pellagra as a result of niacin deficiency.


clivoaxial

(anatomy) Relating to the angle between the clivus and the general axis of the body.


hemiazygos

(anatomy) A minor counterpart of an azygos structure.


cranial base

(anatomy) The base of the skull, which is made up of the endocranium and the lower parts of the calvaria.


zombie cell

Senescent cells are often referred to as "zombie cells," because even though they should be dead, they refuse to die. In the petri dish and in frozen, thinly sliced tissue sections, we can stain zombie cells blue because they make a rare enzyme called beta-galactosidase, and when we do that, they light up clearly.

2019, David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante, Lifespan, Simon & Schuster, page 150:

Known as senolytic therapies, these drugs destroy the inflammation-producing zombie cells believed to be one of the causes of aging.

2020, Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler, The Future Is Faster Than You Think, Simon & Schuster, page 175:

2022, Louann Brizendine, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, Penguin Random House (Harmony Books), unnumbered page,
Without restful sleep, they can't do their job of balancing debris and inflammation, and that can lead to the emergence of zombie cells.

(informal, cytology) A senescent cell, which avoids programmed cell death (apoptosis) and may damage other cells (including causing them to become senescent) by secretions associated with senescence-associated secretory phenotype.


DArT

Diversity arrays technology
w:Diversity arrays technology

(genetics) Acronym of Diversity arrays technology (“a genetic marker technique”).


cardiovasology

From cardio- + vaso- + -logy, compare cardiovascular.

In 2017, the top three departments in the prescription rate of Lipo-PGE₁ were cardiovasology, infectious gastroenterology, and neurosurgery.

2022 September 13, Yuling Luo, Qingze Fan, Yongqi Yu, Lunhui Zhang, Limei Dong, Hongli Luo, “Efficacy of administrative intervention for neurosurgical patients with off-label use of alprostadil lipid microsphere”, in Scientific Reports, volume 12, →DOI:

(medicine, rare) A branch of medicine dealing with the study of the circulatory system.


idionym

In fact, this term, as coined and defined by me, is now an idionym, applicable to but a single part of the brain.

1896, The journal of comparative neurology, page 221:

(anatomy) A word that refers to one specific anatomical part.


os paracuneiforme

en-noun

os paracuneiforme (plural os paracuneiformes)

(anatomy) An ossicle that occasionally exists on the medial side of the medial cuneiform bone.


os trochleare calcanei

os trochleare calcanei (plural os trochleare calcaneis)

Robert A. Christman (2016 August 22) “6: Normal Variants and Anomalies”, in Musculoskeletal Key

(anatomy) An ossicle that occasionally exists on the lateral side of the peroneal tubercle.


cleidotomy

cleidotomy (countable and uncountable, plural cleidotomies)

Cleidotomy – fracturing the fetal clavicle.

2019 June 26, Leena Khan, “Shoulder Dystocia”, in TeachMe ObGyn, archived from the original on 2023-02-28:

(obstetrics) Intentional fracturing of the clavicle of a fetus for the management of shoulder dystocia during vaginal delivery .


faciohypoglossal

(anatomy) Of or relating to the facial and hypoglossal nerves.


photoCORMs

(pharmacology) Light-activated carbon monoxide releasing molecules.


musicokinetic

en-adj

musicokinetic (comparative more musicokinetic, superlative most musicokinetic)

more musicokinetic (comparative)
most musicokinetic (superlative)

musicokinetic therapy

(medicine) Employing both music and physical activity.


nasoethmoid

(anatomy) Relating to the nasal and ethmoid bones.


cristospina

(anatomy) A front-facing crest on the sternum of some animals.


PlGF

(medicine, biochemistry) Abbreviation of placental growth factor.; a biomolecule encoded by the gene PGF (“placental growth factor gene”).


palliativist

This small team formed the background for pediatric palliative care in Poland, not only locally, but they also aroused both professional (meaning among adult palliativists, pediatric oncologists and pediatricians in general) and public awareness.

2012, Marek W. Karwacki, “Pediatric Palliative Care in Poland”, in Caprice Knapp, Vanessa Madden, Susan Fowler-Kerry, editors, Pediatric Palliative Care: Global Perspectives, Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 258:

(medicine, rare) A physician who specializes in palliative care.