The context in which a term is used and the purpose of the terminology can have an important impact on the meaning of a term. “Intoxication,” for example, has a potentially different meaning in a legal context than in a medical context. Some specific definitions correspond to operationalized...
Thus the Latin uncia, meaning “a 12th part,” designated the 12th part of a foot. From this is derived Old English ince or ynce and modern English inch. The Roman pound was also divided into 12 parts, similarly designated by the word uncia. In this sense uncia followed a different ...
Common Medical Terms Anatomical Terms TermDefinition superior/inferiorhigher/lower distal/proximalfurther/closer to the midline of the body (medial plane, with patient as reference) cephalo-/caudaltoward the head/toward the feet anterior/posteriorfront/back ...
Instead of making investing decisions with your emotions, financial planners advise that you should leave your investments alone and focus on a long-term investment plan. But people can't invest or manage their own money without accepting responsibility for the outcomes. Many millionaires take on ...
TermbaseNeologismMedical termsCorpusDictionaryRapid advances in medical sciences produce an enormous number of neologisms that are not promptly included in the dictionaries. Corpus technology and IT have furnished language researchers and...doi:10.1007/s40607-018-0035-0Sun, Qingxiang...
Objective.—To evaluate long-term survival of black and white prostate cancer patients in an equal-access medical care system to help distinguish biological from medical and social explanations of mortality differences. Design and Setting.—Retrospective study of US Department of Defense tumor registry ...
Most medical terms are Greek or Latin in origin and can be broken down into one or more word parts: 1.Prefix 2.Root 3.Suffix *Medical term must always have at least 1 root* - Found at the beginning of a word - Found at the end of a word - Gives the essential meaning of the wo...
The arts can express the emotive(情感的)meaning of the same thing. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason:No one way can get it all. The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and ...
However, these medical students often encounter bias in their work environments, including during internships, which fosters self-stigma and impedes their experience for workplace well-being (WWB). Such a decrease in WWB detrimentally affects not only their mental health in the workplace but also...
a. What medical term describes Amy's platelet count? b. What conditions are suggested by an increased neutrophil component in a differential count? Complete Blood Count: A complete blood count, or CBC, is a common laborator...