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In our medical glossary, PD Dr. med. Witold Polanski explains what it means with some somewhat strange medical terms.
Abdominal flap explained
Abdominal MRI
AC joint arthritis
Accentuated meaning
Accessory spleen
Acetabulum: meaning of the hip socket
Ad Integrum
Adduction: meaning and relevance
Adhesiolysis
Admission diagnosis
Adnexectomy
Afebrile meaning
Afferent disorder: symptoms, causes and treatment
Akinesia
Alpha 1 globulin
Anamnestic: meaning explained
Anaplastic ependymoma
Anasarca
Anterolisthesis: causes and symptoms
Anteversion explained
Anteverted uterus
Antianginal therapy
Antibiosis explained
Antithrombin deficiency
Antral mucosa
Anuria
Aortic elongation
Aortic sclerosis explained
Apley test
Arch of the foot
Arteria dorsalis pedis explained
Arteria lienalis
Arteria tibialis posterior
Arterial phase
Arthropathy: understanding joint conditions
Arytenoid cartilage
Ascending aorta
Assimilation joint
Atrioventricular valves
Atrophy explained
Atypical haemangioma
Avulsion fracture
Axis dens explained
Baastrup phenomenon
Barium enema
Barrel chest
Basal cistern: meaning
Base excess: what it means
Base of tongue: meaning and function
Beam hardening artefacts in CT scans
Beta globulin
Biatrial dilatation
Biceps tendon anchor explained
Bifascicular block
Bifrontal
Bilateral abbreviation
Bladder perforation
Bland finding explained
Bleeding stigmata
Bleeding tendency
Block vertebra
Body plethysmography
Bone apposition
Bone avulsion explained
Bone erosion
Bone island meaning
Bone marrow cancer: C42 1 meaning
Bone marrow infiltration
Bone marrow oedema
Bone marrow oedema in the knee
Bone marrow reconversion
Bone marrow signal: meaning and diagnostics
Bone oedema
Bone oedema – causes and symptoms
Borderline results in medicine
Bosniak classification
BRAF V600E mutation
Brain volume loss
Brief medical history explained
Broad-based: meaning in medicine
Bucket handle tear
Buford complex
Bulbitis
Bulbus duodeni
Bursa Subacromialis
Bursectomy: causes and risks
C6/C7 vertebrae explained
C7 vertebra meaning
Cacosmia
Calcified lymph node
Calvarial fracture
Cancellous bone oedema: causes and symptoms
Capillaritis
Capsular oedema: meaning and causes
Cardiac decompensation
Cardiolipin IgM
Cardiology outpatient clinic
Carnett test explained
Carotid duplex scan
Carotid stenosis
Catheter tip
Caudal: meaning in medicine
CCS II
CD 138 explained
CDT levels explained
Centrilobular explained
Cerclage
Cerebellar peduncles
Cerebellopontine angle
Cerebral excitability
Cervical pathology explained
Cervicothoracic junction
Chest drain
Chondrosis
Chopart joint
Chromosome 10 findings explained
Chromosome 7: meaning in test results
Circumferential protrusion
CISS sequence MRI
Claudicatio spinalis
Clivus meaning
Close monitoring in medicine
CM Enhancement explained
cMRI
Coiling: treatment for aneurysms
Collapsed: causes and meaning
Colo: what the abbreviation means
Colonoscope explained
Colporrhaphy
Commissure
Compact island meaning
Compression bandage
Configuration in medicine
Conscious and alert explained
Conservative management
Contrast enhancement
Contrast enhancement explained
Contusion oedema explained
Coronal plane explained
Correlated meaning in medical reports
Cortical break
Coveram: effects and risks
Coxa valga
Coxa valgum explained
Coxa vara
Coxalgia: causes and treatment
Coxalgia: understanding hip pain
CRAB criteria
Craniocaudal explained
CT morphological findings
CT scan of the sinuses
CT thorax
CTI ablation
Cuboid bone explained
Cursory meaning in medicine
Cyclops lesion: meaning and treatment
Cystoid lesions
Cystoid meaning
Dacryocystitis
Dallas criteria
Date of birth abbreviation
DDD pacemaker
Decompensation explained
Dental chart: overview and uses
Depletion: meaning and consequences
Diadochokinesis
Diaphysis: meaning and function
Differentiated explained
Diffusion restriction on MRI
Digital subtraction angiography
Dilatation meaning
Dipper: blood pressure at night
Disc extrusion
Disc lesion: causes and symptoms
Discogenic: meaning and causes
Displaced fracture
Distal fibula
Distal latency: meaning and measurement
Distal radioulnar joint
Distal tibia explained
DML meaning explained
Dose-length product (DLP) explained
Drug eluting stent
Ductus cysticus: meaning and function
Duodenitis
Duplex kidney explained
Dural sac indentation: causes and effects
Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour
EBUS: meaning and use
ECG axis explained
ECOG score explained
Ectopia explained
Elective admission
Elevated diaphragm
Embryopathy explained
Enchondroma explained
Enteroscope
Enthesis
Epicrisis meaning
Epicritical assessment in medicine
Erythron explained
Ethmoidalis explained
Exanthem explained
Exophytic growth
Exploration medical term
Extranodal explained
Extubation
Eye-opening: meaning in medicine
F32.9G: unspecified depressive episode
Fabella: what it means
Facet joint degeneration
Faecal impaction: causes, symptoms and treatment
Fallopian tube carcinoma: meaning
Falx cerebri
Fat tissue imbibition
Fatty atrophy explained
Fatty degeneration
Fatty hilum explained
Fazekas 1 explained
Fecit in a doctor's letter
Femoral condyle
Femoral condyles
Femoral pulse
Femorotibial joint
Femtolitre explained
Fibular head
Film-coated tablets
Finger capsule injury
Finnegan Score
Flat back syndrome of the lumbar spine
Flattened cervical lordosis
Flexible ureteroscopy
Flexor digitorum longus
Flexor hallucis longus
Flow Void
Focal deficit
Focal lesion explained
Focal lesion meaning
Follow-up appointment explained
Foot pulses
Foot shapes and their meaning
Foot tendon explained
Forcing in medicine explained
Forearm crutches
Forrest classification explained
Fossa iliaca: meaning and symptoms
Fossa intercondylaris
Foveolae: meaning and function
Foveolar hyperplasia
Fracture line explained
Fraying in tissue
Further diagnostics
Fusion report explained
Ganglioglioma
Ganglion cyst on the knee
Gastric antrum
Gastric curvature
Gastroduodenalis artery explained
Glabellar reflex meaning
Glenoid
Glenoidal meaning
Gliosarcoma
Glisson's capsule
Goblet cells explained
Gordon reflex explained
Graefe sign
Graft function after transplant
Granulopoiesis
Gyrus rectus
Haemangiomas of the spine
Haemodynamically significant stenosis
Hallux varus
Hand X-rays
Head MRI duration
Head of talus explained
Heel bursitis
Hemilaminectomy
Hemithorax explained
Hemithyroidectomy
Herniotomy
Hexyon vaccine
Hilar lymphadenopathy
Hilar meaning
Hili meaning
Hilum – meaning for organs and reports
Histological examinations explained
Histomorphology explained
Hoffa fat pad
Homogeneous liver parenchyma explained
Hormone profile: meaning and causes
Hospital phobia
Humeral head meaning
Hypacusis
Hyperdensity on CT explained
Hyperechoic
Hyperechoic structure
Hyperostosis frontalis
Hyperperfusion explained
Hyperreactive airway
Hypertension: causes and effects
Hypertrophic facet joint arthrosis
Hypertrophy of the ligamenta flava
Hypoaesthesia explained
Hypodense lesion
Hypodensity
Hypoechoic meaning on ultrasound
Hypokinesis explained
Hypomimia: frozen facial expression
Hypopharynx: Anatomy and meaning
Hypophonia
ICD explantation
Icterus grade explained
IDH1 R132H explained
Ileocaecal valve
Ileocaecal valve explained
IM lesion
Imbibited: meaning and relevance
Impairment of global mental functions
Impression as a medical term
In domo: meaning in medical letters
In-stent thrombosis
Incidental finding
Increased muscle tone: causes and effects
Indentation of the dural sac
Infrahilar meaning explained
Infraspinatus muscle
Infraumbilical explained
Infundibulum meaning
Inhomogeneous bone marrow signal explained
Inhomogeneous thyroid
Inhomogeneous: meaning in medicine
Insertions: meaning and role in the body
Intact meaning in medicine
Intercondylar: meaning and use
Intercostal neuralgia explained
Interhemispheric fissure
Interlobar fissure
Internal damage: meaning and causes
Internal knee injury
Interradicular meaning
Interstitial tear
Intra-articular explained
Intraepithelial lymphocytes
Intraperitoneal explained
Intubated
Invasive diagnostics
Iodine allergy
Ipsilateral meaning
Iridocyclitis
Ischium: meaning and function
Isodense in medical imaging
Isointense meaning
Joint capsule tear – meaning and risks
Joint position explained
Juxtaglomerular
Karnofsky index
Kernig sign
Kidneys orthotopic: position and meaning
Lamina cribrosa
Lamina propria
Large bowel loop explained
Lasègue test
Lasègue test explained
Lateral recess
Lateral recess stenosis
Lavage: meaning and uses
Lax Vox
Leg stump: everyday life and healing
Leptomeninx
Lig flavum
Ligamenta flava
Ligamentum anulare
Ligamentum arcuatum
Ligamentum collaterale laterale
Ligamentum fibulotalare anterius
Ligamentum flavum
Ligamentum talonaviculare
LIMA LAD meaning
Lipaemia index explained
Lipid apheresis
Lipofuscin granules
Lobectomy
Lobulated meaning
Lobulation of the pancreas
Locoregional lymph nodes
Locoregional: meaning and impact
Long bones
Loose body in joint
Lower lobe
Lumbar syndrome
Lumbosacral transitional anomaly
Lung parenchyma explained
Lung segments
Lung window explained
Luxation position
LVEDP explained
LVIdd meaning explained
Lymphocele: causes and treatment
Lymphocytosis
Lymphofollicular hyperplasia
Lymphogenic
Macroangiopathy: risks and treatment
Macrohaematuria: meaning and causes
Malleolus lateralis: outer ankle bone
Malleolus medialis
Mallet finger: causes and treatment
March fracture: causes and treatment
Marginal sclerosis
Marital status meaning
Massa lateralis
Mastoid cells
Medial femorotibial
Medial patellar retinaculum
Medial retinaculum
Mediastinal explained
Megakaryocytes
Membrana atlantooccipitalis anterior
Meniscocapsular separation
Mesenteric adipose tissue
Mesenteric lymph nodes
Mesenteric root
Metal artefact
Metaphysis
Metaplasia
Metastasis-suspicious lesion explained
Methylation analysis
Methylprednisolone pulse therapy
Meyerding grade explained
Mib1: what it means for tumours
Micturition meaning
Mild bone marrow oedema
Mitotic activity
Mixed venous saturation
Moderate in medicine
Moderate severity: meaning and treatment
Moderate: medical meaning
Morgagni hernia
MPFL: meaning and function
MPV blood test
MRI sequences
MRI shoulder joint
Mucoid degeneration
Multi Planar Reconstruction
Multimodal pain therapy
Multiplanar reconstruction
Murphy sign explained
Muscle hardening
Muscularis mucosae
Musculus abductor digiti minimi
Musculus abductor pollicis brevis
Musculus adductor brevis
Musculus adductor longus
Musculus extensor carpi ulnaris
Musculus Flexor Carpi Radialis
Musculus pectineus
Musculus peroneus longus
Myelomalacia: Meaning and effects
Myelopathy
Myocardial biopsy
Myotendinous junction
Myxopapillary ependymoma
N. suralis
Nanomol: meaning in lab results
Nasal obstruction
Neck MRI
Needle fasciotomy
Neer: shoulder injuries explained
Nerve ultrasound
Neurocranium: protection and meaning
Neurolysis: benefits and risks
Nicotine abuse in medical letters explained
Nitrite in urine
No indication explained
No infiltrate explained
No malignancy: meaning and relevance
No pericardial effusion
No resistance explained
No significant stenosis: meaning explained
Non-specific: meaning in medicine
Normal findings
Normal findings explained
Normal spinal cord finding explained
Normotensive
Noxae meaning
NYHA classification
NYHA IIIB explained
Obliteration explained
Observatio: meaning and explanation
Obturation
Oculomotor function
Oedematisation: fluid build-up in tissue
Oedematous signal alteration
Olecranon explained
Omentum majus
Opisthotonus
Orchiectomy: meaning and effects
Organomegaly
Orthograde meaning
Orthotopic meaning
Os Coxa
Os cuneiforme
Os ischii (ischium)
Os pisiforme
Os Tibiale Externum
Os trigonum
Os Trigonum Syndrome
Os Triquetrum
Osteitis pubis
Osteolytic: meaning and causes
Osteophytic projections
Osteosynthesis: bone fracture repair explained
Oxygen saturation: levels explained
Pacinian corpuscles
Pain catheter: what it is and how it works
Pain symptomatology
Palmar side explained
Palpatory: meaning explained
Pancreatectomy
Pancreatic lipomatosis
Panendoscopy
Papilla Vateri
Papillary muscle rupture
Para-aortic lymph nodes
Paraaortic explained
Parabasal cells: what they mean
Paraclinical findings
Paraesophageal explained
Parafalcine meaning
Paralabral cyst
Paramedian explained
Parapelvic cyst
Paravertebral explained
Parenchymal calcification
Parenchymal upper abdominal organs
Parieto-occipital explained
Pars intermedia explained
Partial opacification of the mastoid cells
Pat abbreviation in medicine
Patchy bone marrow signal on MRI
Patella Alta
Patella baja (low kneecap)
Pathologica: meaning and effects
Pathological meaning in medical findings
pCO₂ meaning explained
PDW blood test
Pending: meaning in medical reports
Perceptual disorder
Periarticular oedema
Peribronchial explained
Peribronchial infiltrates
Peribronchitis: symptoms and treatment
Pericholecystitis
Perifocal oedema
Perihilar explained
Perinephritis
Perineural changes
Perioperative complications
Periosteal reaction
Perirenal stranding explained
Peritendinitis
Peroneus brevis tendon
Peroneus longus explained
Petrous bone: key protective structure
Pharmaceutical formulation
Phlebography: procedure and risks
Phleboliths explained
Phonation: voice production
Physical constitution
Pigtail drain insertion
Pilocytic astrocytoma
Pilomyxoid astrocytoma
Pineal cyst explained
Pineoblastoma
Plegia: meaning and causes
Pleural carcinomatosis
Plica syndrome
Pneumonic infiltrate
pO2 blood value explained
Pollakiuria: causes and treatment
Porta hepatis explained
Position of the heart
Posterior acoustic enhancement
Posterior edge alignment
Posterior horn explained
Posterior horn of the medial meniscus
Pouch of Douglas explained
Pre-test probability
Preliminary diagnosis explained
Preterminal
Prinzmetal angina
Procedure meaning in medicine
Processus coracoideus
Processus styloideus
Processus styloideus radii
Processus styloideus ulnae explained
Processus uncinatus explained
Prominent uterus
Prosthesis loosening
Protracted: meaning in medicine
Proximal femur explained
Proximal meaning
Prussak space
Pseudarthrosis: causes and treatment
Pseudophakia
Pseudophakia both eyes
PTCA meaning
PTT blood test explained
Pulmonary mass explained
Pulmonary vein isolation
Pylorus
QRS complex meaning
Quantiferon test
Radial head fracture
Radial head: its role at the elbow
Radiolucency on X-rays
Ramollissement
Ramus Superior
RCA stenosis
Re-excision
Re-thoracotomy
Reactive change
Reactive finding explained
Recessus narrowing
Recessus subcoracoideus
Reclination
Reexpansion oedema
Reference group: meaning in medicine
Regional wall motion abnormalities
Relapse: medical term explained
Relevance in a doctor's report
Renal calyceal system
Renal pelvis dilatation
Resected: what it means
Residual shunt explained
Residual tumour
Residual volume
Resorption atelectasis explained
Reticulation in the lungs
Retinacula: meaning and function
Retinaculum: function and meaning in the body
Retroareolar findings explained
Retrocardiac explained
Retroperitoneal region
Retroperitoneal space explained
Retroperitoneum explained
Retrospondylosis
Retroversion: meaning and effects
Rhachischisis
Rhagade (skin crack)
Rhinoscopy
Rhizarthrosis (thumb saddle joint arthritis)
Right side of the body
Right-sided rib pain
Saddle joint meaning
Salpingitis
Sapoviruses
Scalloping explained
Scaphoid bone explained
Scapholunate dissociation
Schatzki ring
Schmorl's nodes
Scleral icterus
Scrotal explained
Secondary prophylaxis
Sella turcica
Semiquantitative results explained
Sensorimotor function
Septated cyst
Septum pellucidum
Sequestrectomy explained
Sesamoid bone
Siderosis
Sigmoid sinus: anatomy and function
Signal alteration in MRI
Signal drop in MRI: meaning explained
Signal enhancement MRI
Sinutubular junction
Skin tension lines: meaning and role
Slender adrenal glands explained
Small bowel anastomosis
Soft tissue envelope explained
Sokolow-Lyon Index
Sonographic correlation
Sonor meaning
Sound cancellation
Sparse medical report explained
Speech therapy
Sphincter explained
Spiculated lesion
Spinous process explained
Spiral CT
Splenic parenchyma explained
Splenic vein thrombosis
Spondylodiscitis: what it means
Spondylophytic changes
Spongiosis
Spontaneous activity
Squamous epithelium: meaning and function
Step-down unit
Steri-strips: how to use them
Sternum: the breastbone explained
Sticky Platelet Syndrome
Stomach protection
Stone search: meaning
Stroke symptoms, causes and treatment
Stromal fibrosis explained
Subcapsular
Subchondral cancellous bone oedema
Subchondral cystic changes
Subchondral cysts
Subchondral cysts explained
Subchondral end plate explained
Subchondral sclerosis
Subclavian Steal Syndrome
Subcortical explained
Subcortical gliosis meaning
Subependymoma
Sublabral recess: harmless or sign of injury?
Submandibular lymph nodes
Submaximal effort
Submucosa explained
Subpleural consolidation
Subpleural explained
Subscapularis tendon
Substitute: medical meaning
Sulci explained
Sulcus bicipitalis meaning
Sunset Eye Sign
Superinfection
Suppuration: meaning and causes
Suprapatellaris explained
Suprasellar cistern
Supratentorial and infratentorial
Supratentorial: meaning and location
Supraventricular ectopic beats
Susceptibility artefacts in MRI
Suspicious finding: meaning and next steps
Suture material
Suture removal: meaning and process
Symptomatic: meaning and treatment
Syndesmophytes: meaning and risks
Syndesmosis: meaning and function
T Scores explained
T11 thoracic vertebra
T2 hypointense meaning
T8 vertebra meaning
T9 vertebra explained
Talar neck
Talonavicular joint
Tenolysis
Tentorium cerebelli
Terminal ileum explained
Territorial infarct
TERT promoter mutation
The abbreviation: Dx
The meaning of eupnoea
Thecal sac
Third-degree AV block
Thoracic myelopathy
Thoracic skeleton explained
Thumb metacarpophalangeal joint
Tibial plateau fracture
Tibialis anterior tendon
Tibiofibular joint
Tidal volume explained
Tiffeneau index explained
Top of foot: pain and causes
Topogram
Trabeculae
Tracer uptake explained
Tree and bud pattern
Trendelenburg sign
Triphasic: medical applications
Triplet in medicine
Truncus brachiocephalicus
Truncus coeliacus
Truncus pulmonalis
Tuberculum majus
Tubular adenoma
Tubular atrophy explained
TUR-P: meaning and procedure
Ulcerative colitis: causes, symptoms and treatment
Uncovertebral arthrosis
Uncovertebral arthrosis: causes and symptoms
Uncovertebral joint
Understanding dysmorphia
Unknown aetiology
Unremarkable finding: meaning explained
Upper extremities
Upper lobe explained
Uroradiology
Vascular leukoencephalopathy
Vascular loop
Vegetative anamnesis
Ventral displacement explained
Ventrolateral meaning
Vertebral endplate explained
Vertebral haemangioma
Vertical extension
Viscerocranium: meaning and functions
Visual field loss
Wall thickening
Weber C fracture
White matter signal explained
Wound cleaning
X-ray of the hand
Zygomatic arch explained
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