Terms used in radiology
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There are numerous terms used in radiology (and clinical medicine more generally) that are worth knowing and this is a list of some of them. Please maintain all lists in alphabetical order.
General
- ancillary
- artifact
- Aunt Minnie
- Cinderella
- corner of film
- diagnosis of exclusion
- en face
- epiphenomenon
- filling defect
- forme fruste
- gamut
- geographic
- gold standard
- heterogeneous vs heterogenous
- iatrogenic
- idiopathic
- incidentaloma
- in extremis
- natural history
- non-specific
- prodrome
- protean
- self-limiting
- sequela
- serpiginous
- sine qua non
- subclinical disease
- syndrome
Pathology
- agenesis
- anlage
- aplasia
- apoptosis
- atresia
- atrophy
- cyst
- dehiscence
- diathesis
- diverticulum
- dyscrasia
- exophytic
- fistula
- fluid collection
- granulation tissue
- hernia
- hyperplasia
- hypertrophy
- hypoplasia
- lamellated
- laminated
- necrosis
- phlegmon
- septum
- synechia
- trabecula
Central nervous system
Chest
Epidemiology
- attack rate
- basic reproductive number (R0)
- case fatality rate (CFR)
- effective reproduction number (R)
- endemic
- epidemic
- host
- incidence
- incubation period
- mortality rate
- opportunistic infection
- outbreak
- pandemic
- prevalence
- surveillance
- syndemic
- transmission
- vector
- zoonosis
Genetics
- autosomal dominant
- autosomal recessive
- genotype
- karyotype
- phenotype
- X-linked dominant
- X-linked recessive
Gastrointestinal
- atresia
- diverticulum
- dysphagia
- hepatofugal
- hepatopetal
- incarcerated
- involucrum
- myochosis coli
- strangulated
- virgin abdomen
Musculoskeletal
-<li><a title="Cinderella" href="/articles/cinderella">Cinderella</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/cinderella">Cinderella</a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/en-face">en face</a></li>- +<li><a title="En face" href="/articles/en-face">en face</a></li>
-<li><a title="Apoptosis" href="/articles/apoptosis">apoptosis</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/apoptosis">apoptosis</a></li>
-<a title="Necrosis" href="/articles/necrosis-1">necrosis</a><ul>- +<a href="/articles/necrosis-1">necrosis</a><ul>
-<a title="bone (general)" href="/articles/bone-general">bone anatomy</a><ul>- +<a href="/articles/bone-general">bone anatomy</a><ul>