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
artifactAunt Minnie- Cinderella
corner of film- diagnosis of exclusion
en face- epiphenomenon
filling defect- forme fruste
gamutgeographic- gold standard
- heterogeneous vs heterogenous
- iatrogenic
- idiopathic
incidentaloma- in extremis
- natural history
- non-specific
-
prodrome - prodrome
- self-limiting
- sequela
serpiginous- sine qua non
- subclinical disease
- syndrome
- radiology-specific
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 href="/articles/radiological-image-artifact">artifact</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/aunt-minnie">Aunt Minnie</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/edge-of-film-error">corner of film</a></li>-<li><a title="En face" href="/articles/en-face">en face</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/filling-defect">filling defect</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/gamut">gamut</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/geographic-appearance">geographic</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/incidentaloma">incidentaloma</a></li>- +<li>occult</li>
-<li><a href="/articles/protean">protean</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/serpiginous-1">serpiginous</a></li>- +<li>radiology-specific<ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/radiological-image-artifact">artifact</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/aunt-minnie">Aunt Minnie</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/edge-of-film-error">corner of film</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/en-face">en face</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/filling-defect">filling defect</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/gamut">gamut</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/geographic-appearance">geographic</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/incidentaloma">incidentaloma</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/protean">protean</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/serpiginous-1">serpiginous</a>
- +</li>
- +</ul>
- +</li>
- +<li>corticated</li>
- +<li>matrix</li>
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