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
- acute
- ancillary
- chronic
- Cinderella
- diagnosis of exclusion
- dilation vs dilatation
- epiphenomenon
- florid
- forme fruste
- gold standard
- heterogeneous vs heterogenous
- iatrogenic
- idiopathic
- in extremis
- natural history
- non-specific
- prodrome
- red flag
- self-limiting
- sequela
- sine qua non
- status post
- subclinical disease
- syndrome
- systemic disease
Radiology
- addendum
- artifact
- Aunt Minnie
- edge of film
- en face
- filling defect
- gamut
- geographic
- incidentaloma
- occult
- protean
- review areas
- serpiginous
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="Dilation vs dilatation" href="/articles/dilation-vs-dilatation">dilation vs dilatation</a></li>
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