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Apophenia (/ æ p oʊ ˈ f iː n i ə /) is the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things. [1]The term (German: Apophänie from the Greek verb ἀποφαίνειν (apophaínein)) was coined by psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in his 1958 publication on the beginning stages of schizophrenia.
condition, formation, or presence of Latin -iasis, pathological condition or process; from Greek ἴασις (íasis), cure, repair, mend mydriasis: iatr(o)-of or pertaining to medicine or a physician (uncommon as a prefix but common as a suffix; see -iatry) Greek ἰατρός (iatrós), healer, physician iatrochemistry, iatrogenesis-iatry
Diagnosis – Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx [151] or D S) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. It is most often referred to as diagnosis with the medical context being implicit.
Disconnection syndromes usually reflect circumstances where regions A and B still have their functional specializations except in domains that depend on the interconnections between the two regions. [ 3 ]
to indicate a medical condition in a patient that causes, is caused by, or is otherwise related to another condition in the same patient. [3] to indicate two or more medical conditions existing simultaneously regardless of their causal relationship. [4] Comorbidity can indicate either a condition existing simultaneously, but independently with ...
Suffixes are attached to the end of a word root to add meaning such as condition, disease process, or procedure. In the process of creating medical terminology, certain rules of language apply. These rules are part of language mechanics called linguistics. The word root is developed to include a vowel sound following the term to add a smoothing ...
This navigational template is based on Table 1.7, "Basic Medical Terms to Describe Disease Conditions" from the book Medical Terminology for Health Professions, Sixth Edition, by Ann Ehrlich and Carol L. Schroeder (ISBN-10: 1-4180-7252-4) and it is intended for use in the listed articles.