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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.
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...
List of eponymous fractures; List of eponymous medical devices; List of eponymous medical signs; List of eponymous medical treatments; List of eponymous surgical procedures; List of eponymous tests; List of human anatomical parts named after people; List of medical eponyms with Nazi associations; List of orthopaedic eponyms; List of eponyms in ...
List of medical symptoms. Medical symptoms refer to the manifestations or indications of a disease or condition, perceived and complained about by the patient. [1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals.
This category is for lists of medical eponyms (diseases, treatments etc. that have a name derived from the name of a person, place etc.). Pages in category "Lists of medical eponyms" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
A medical condition is a broad term that includes all diseases and disorders. A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. A disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance.
Though you may not know you were a tick's target right away, these signs and symptoms of Lyme disease can help you determine when to seek medical treatment. Lyme disease is caused by infected ...
This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...