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Index of Glossary Terms


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24-hour urine sample

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Abscess

Acanthosis nigricans

Accuracy

Acid

Acid-base balance

Acidosis

Acromegaly

Activity testing

Acute

Acute phase reactant

Adrenal gland

Aerobic

Aerosol

Albumin

Alkalosis

Allele

Allergen

Amenorrhoea

Amino acid

Amniotic fluid

Amplification

Anaerobic

Analyte

anaphylactic shock

Anaphylaxis

Androgens

Anencephaly

Angioedema

Anovulation

Anterior

Antibody

Anticoagulant

Antigen

Antigen testing

Antihistamine

Apheresis

Apnoea

Apoprotein

Arrhythmia

Articulation

Ascites

Aspiration

Assay

Asthma

Asymptomatic

Atheroma

Atherosclerosis

Autoimmunity

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Bacteraemia

Bacterium

Base

Basophil

Benign

Beta blockers

Beta cells

Bile

Biliary

Biopsy

Bipolar disorder

Blister

Blood poisoning

BMI

Body Mass Index

Boil

Bone Marrow

Broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy

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Calcification

Capillary

Carbohydrate

Carbuncle

Carcinoid tumour

Cardiovascular system

Carrier

Cartilage

CCP antibodies

Central nervous system

Centrifugation

Cerebrospinal fluid

CF

Chelation

Chloroquine

Chromosome

Chronic

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or chronic obstructive airways disease

Circadian rhythm

Cirrhosis

CNS

Colonisation

Colonoscopy

Complement

Complement fixation

Computed tomography, CAT scan

Congenital

Convalescent

COPD

Coronial autopsy

Corpus Luteum

Cryoprecipitate

Cryostat

CSF, spinal fluid

CT scan

Culture

Cytochrome

Cytology

Cytoskeletal proteins

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Dehydration

Dementia

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Dermatitis

Diabetes insipidus

Diagnostic test

DIC

Disseminated intravascular coagulation

Diuretic

Diurnal rhythm

DNA

Dominant gene

Dumping syndrome

Duodenum

Dyslipidaemia

Dyspnoea

Dystonia

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ECG

Echocardiography

Ectopic pregnancy

Eczema

Effusion

EIA

Electrocardiogram

Embolism & thromboembolism

Emphysema

Encephalopathy

Endemic

Endocarditis

Endocrine

Endometriosis

Enzyme

Enzyme immunoassay

Eosinophil

Epidemic

Exchange transfusion

Extracellular

Extrauterine pregnancy

Exudate

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False-negative

False-positive

Febrile

Feedback mechanism, feedback loop

Feedback system

Fetus

Fibrinogen

Fibroid

Fluorescence

Folliculitis

Formalin

Fragile X syndrome

Functional testing

Fungus

Furuncle

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Galactorrhoea

Gall

Gene

Genetic counselling

Germ cell

Gestation

Gigantism

Globulin

Glomerulonephritis

Glomerulus

Glycogen

Granuloma

Gynaecomastia

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Haem

Haemodialysis

Haemoglobinopathy

Haemolysis

Haemolytic disease of the newborn

Haemorrhage

Haemosiderosis

Half-life

Heinz bodies

Hereditary

Heterozygous

Hirsutism

Histopathology

Homozygous

Hormone

Hydrocephalus

Hydropic

Hypercalcaemia

Hyperchromic

Hypercoagulability

Hyperglycaemia

Hyperinsulinaemia

Hyperkalaemia

Hyperlipoproteinaemia

Hypernatraemia

Hyperplasia

Hyperthyroidism

Hypnozoite

Hypocalcaemia

Hypochromic

Hypoglycaemia

Hypogonadism

Hypokalaemia

Hypopituitarism

Hypothyroidism

Hypoxia

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Icterus

Idiopathic

IF

Ig, immune serum globulin

IgA

IgD

IgE

IgG

IgM

Immune system

Immune-compromised, immunosuppressed, immune-suppressed

Immunity

Immunocompromised

Immunofluorescence

Immunoglobulin

Immunoglobulin A

Immunoglobulin D

Immunoglobulin E

Immunoglobulin G

Immunoglobulin M

Immunosuppressive

Impetigo

In vitro

In vivo

Infection

Inflammation

Intracellular

Intravenous

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Jaundice

Joint

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Karyotype

Ketoacidosis

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Leucocytosis

Lipoprotein

Lymphocyte

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Macrocytic

Macrophage

Magnetic resonance imaging

Malaise

Malignant

Mammogram

Mammography

Media

Meninges

Meningitis

Mesothelioma

Metabolism

Metabolite

Metastasis

Microaerophilic

Microcytic

Microorganism

Molar pregnancy

Monocyte

MRI scan

Musculoskeletal

Mutation

Mydriatic

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Narcolepsy

Neoplasm

Nephrotic syndrome

Neurochemical

Neuroendocrine

Neurological

Neutropenia

Neutrophil

Nitrogen

Non-palpable

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Normal flora

NSAID

Nucleus

Nutrient medium

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Oedema

Oestrogen

Oligoclonal bands

Oncogene

Ova

Over-express

Ovum

Oxidative stress

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Pallor

Pandemic

Parasite

Parenteral

Paresthesia

Parietal

Pathogen

Pathologist

PBS

PCR

Pericardium

Peritoneum

Permethrin

pH

Phaeochromocytoma

Phagocytosis

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Phenotype

Phospholipid

Pilocarpine

Plaque

Plasma

Plasma cell

Pleura

Pleurae

Pneumonitis

Polycythaemia

Polymerase chain reaction

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Posterior

Pre-eclampsia 

Precision

Precursor

Preventive medicine

Prognosis

Prophylactic

Protease

Protein

Proteolytic enzyme

Purpura fulminans

Pus

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Qualitative test results

Quantitative test results

Quantity testing

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Random urine sample

Recessive gene

Rectal examination

Reye's syndrome

Ribonucleic acid

Rigor

RNA

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Sarcoidosis

Sensitivity

Sepsis

Septicaemia

Sequela

Sequelae

Serum

Serum sickness

Sideroblastic anaemia

Sign

Somatic cells

Specificity

Speculum

Spina bifida

Spirochaete

Spleen

Sputum

Statins

Stem cells

Stenosis

Steroids

Subcutaneous

Suprarenal gland

Surgical pathology

Symptom

Syncope

Syndrome

Systemic

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Temporal arteritis

Test

Thrombocytopenia

Thromboembolism

Thrombosis

Thrombotic episode

thrombotic tendency

Timed urine sample

Tissue

Titre

Topical

Toxaemia

Toxic megacolon

Toxicity

Tracer

Transferrin

Transplantation

Transudate

Tubule

Tumour

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Ulcerative colitis

Ultrasound

Urea

Uveitis

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Vaccine

Venereal

Venesection

Venous thromboembolism

Vesicle

Virilisation

Virus

Vitamin

VTE, deep vein thrombosis

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Whole blood

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X-linked recessive trait

X-linked trait