Medical terms 2024, November
Hormone therapy - the use of natural hormones or their synthetic analogues for medicinal purposes
Hospitalization - placement in an inpatient medical institution (hospital, maternity hospital, hospital, etc.) of persons in need of medical assistance, treatment, obstetrics or in-depth medical examination
Gradient is a quantity used in biology that reflects a quantitative change in any morphological or functional properties (including physicochemical) along one of the axes of an organ, body or cell
Granulocyte - a leukocyte in which, when stained, granularity is found in the cytoplasm
Fungi are the kingdom of living nature, uniting lower eukaryotes, combining certain characteristics of plants and animals, feeding on ready-made organic substances; can be unicellular (often microscopic) or multicellular
Chest - the bony base of the upper body, including the thoracic spine, ribs with costal cartilage and sternum
Macular degeneration (degeneratio maculae luteae; lat.degenero - degenerate; synonym: macular degeneration) is a name that unites diseases in which degeneratio maculae luteae are noted, limited to the macular zone
Disorientation - is in psychiatry a violation of orientation in time, in the environment, in relation to one's own personality; noted against the background of various psychoses
Life test is a name that combines methods for establishing live birth (birth of a child with signs of life) during a forensic examination of a newborn corpse
Zatsepina operation - a surgical operation designed to fix the hip joint in case of its habitual dislocation by holding the stretched ligament of the femoral head to the periosteum of the greater trochanter through the hole formed in the neck and head of the same bone
Pupillary reaction is a name that unites some types of pupillary reflexes, mainly to light, accommodation (when the gaze is shifted from a distant object to a nearby one) and convergence (when the gaze is fixed on an object approaching the bridge of the nose)
Idiocy amaurotic is a name that unites hereditary diseases from the group of storage diseases caused by impaired ganglioside metabolism, characterized by a progressive decrease in vision and intelligence, and transmitted in an autosomal recessive manner
Medicinal prescription (praescriptio; synonym: prescription) is a prescription that regulates the quantitative and qualitative composition of the manufactured medicinal product
Lymphangiitis [lymphangiitis, lat. lympha - clean water + Greek. angeion - vessel + lat. it (word-image suffix) - inflammatory process; synonyms: lymphangitis, lymphangitis - not recommended; angioleucitis - obsolete] - inflammation of the lymphatic vessels
Kocher incision - an arcuate incision made in the area of the scapula, designed for its extirpation (complete removal) or resection
The Kocher method is a method of reducing the posterior dislocation of the hip, in which the patient, who is in the supine position, exercises the hip along the axis of the limb with the hip and knee joints bent at right angles, rotation of the hip inward and then outward, followed by its abduction and extension
Xanthochromia (xanthochromia; Greek xanthos - yellow + chroma - color, color) - unusual coloration of liquid or tissue in yellow
Mediastinotomy - a surgical operation to open the mediastinum; used as an access for operations on the aorta, heart, esophagus, cysts, tumors or abscesses of the mediastinum
Melanoma is a malignant tumor arising from cells that produce melanin
Microsporum (Microsporum) - a genus of parasitic fungi, representing the class of imperfect fungi; contains microsporia pathogens in animals and humans
Sensitization is an increase in the sensitivity of analyzers under the influence of internal factors. It can also be caused by some physiological reasons