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A medical sign is an objective observable indication of a disease, injury, or medical condition that may be detected during a physical examination. [7] These signs may be visible, such as a rash or bruise, or otherwise detectable such as by using a stethoscope or taking blood pressure. Medical signs, along with symptoms, help in forming a ...
[1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals. Because most people are not diagnostically trained or knowledgeable, they typically describe their symptoms in layman's terms, rather than using specific medical terminology. This list is not exhaustive.
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
straight leg raise (see Lasègue's sign) SM: multiple sclerosis (from Latin sclerosis multiplex) submucosal Skeletal Muscle SMA: sequential multiple analysis superior mesenteric artery spinal muscle atrophy SMA-6: six-channel serum multiple analysis SMA-7: serum metabolic assay SMN: statement of medical necessity SMS: senior medical student SMT
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
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.
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List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations