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.

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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

Pathology

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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

Musculoskeletal

References

• 1. William Alexander Newman Dorland. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. (2007) ISBN: 9781416023647 - Google Books

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