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  2. Talk:Medical terminology - Wikipedia

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    Most of the content seems directed at those wanting to know "how to" either create or understand medical terminology. Yet " Wikipedia is not a how-to manual ", according to policy. This article is supposed to be a glossary. It needs a complete re-write. Most of the introduction repeats the section called "Discussion" and needs dropping.

  3. Baseline (science) - Wikipedia

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    Baseline (science) A baseline in science (including medicine) is the initial conditions found by observation and measurement at the beginning of a survey or clinical trial or which is used for comparison with later data collected during or after the survey or trial to identify and measure changes, often with the intention of assessing the ...

  4. Lists of medical eponyms - Wikipedia

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    Lists of medical eponyms. Medical eponyms are terms used in medicine which are named after people (and occasionally places or things). In 1975, the Canadian National Institutes of Health held a conference that discussed the naming of diseases and conditions. The conclusion, as summarized in The Lancet, was this: "The possessive use of an eponym ...

  5. Acute (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    A term sometimes used in pathology to describe a pattern of inflammation which is a mixture of chronic and acute inflammation. [ medical citation needed ] It may be seen in asthma , [10] rheumatoid arthritis , [11] chronic peptic ulcer , [11] chronic periodontitis , [11] tuberculosis , [11] tonsillitis and other conditions.

  6. List of medical abbreviations: V - Wikipedia

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    VAC. vincristine, actinomycin D, and cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy regimen) VAC. vacuum-assisted closure (of a wound) VACTERL. vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheo-esophageal fistula, renal, and limb anomalies ( VACTERL association ) VAD. ventricular assist device. vincristine, adriblastine, dexamethasone.

  7. Medical state - Wikipedia

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    Medical state. Medical state is a term used to describe a hospital patient 's health status, or condition. The term is most commonly used in information given to the news media, and is rarely used as a clinical description by physicians . Two aspects of the patient's state may be reported. The first aspect is the patient's current state, which ...

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