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May 25, 2013


Meniere Disease Glossary of Terms

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Acute: Of abrupt onset, in reference to a disease. Acute often also connotes an illness th...

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Allergy: A misguided reaction to foreign substances by the immune system, the body system ...

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Anxiety: A feeling of apprehension and fear, characterized by physical symptoms such as pa...

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Bioterrorism: Terrorism using biologic agents that are harmful to humans. Biological disea...

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Brain: The portion of the central nervous system that is located within the skull. It func...

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Diagnosis: 1 The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness. 2 A ...

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Dizziness: Painless head discomfort with many possible causes including disturbances of ...

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Ear: The hearing organ. There are three sections of the ear, according to the anatomy tex...

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Emergency department: The department of a hospital responsible for the provision of medica...

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Injury: Harm or hurt. To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emot...

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Inner ear: A highly complex structure whose essential component for hearing is the membran...

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Internal medicine: The medical specialty dedicated to the diagnosis and medical treatment ...

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Middle ear: A part of the ear that consists of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and, beyond...

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MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.

Nausea: Stomach queasiness, the urge to vomit. Nausea can be brought on by many causes, in...

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Nose: The external midline projection from the face. The purpose of the nose is to warm, c...

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Pharmacy: A location where prescription medications are sold. A pharmacy is constantly sup...

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Primary care: A patient's main source for regular medical care, ideally providing continui...

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Psychiatric: Pertaining to or within the purview of psychiatry, the medical specialty conc...

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Recurrence: The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. The reappearance ...

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Rule out: Term used in medicine, meaning to eliminate or exclude something from considera...

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Scan: As a noun, the data or image obtained from the examination of organs or regions of...

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Sensation: In medicine and physiology, sensation refers to the registration of an incoming...

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Sodium: The major positive ion (cation) in the fluid surrounding cells in the body. The ch...

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Stress: In a medical or biological context stress is a physical, mental, or emotional fact...

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Surgery: The branch of medicine that employs operations in the treatment of disease or inj...

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Sweat: A colorless transparent acidic fluid with a distinctive odor secreted by the small ...

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Syndrome: A combination of symptoms and signs that together represent a disease process.

Temple: The area just behind and to the side of the forehead and the eye, above the side o...

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Therapy: The treatment of disease. Therapy is synonymous with treatment.

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Throat: The throat is the anterior (front) portion of the neck beginning at the back of th...

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Tinnitus: Ringing in the ears. Tinnitus has many causes, including some medications (inclu...

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Vertigo: Aside from being the name of a classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film (with Jimmy St...

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