| PRE | photoreacting enzyme; physician's report of examination; pigmented retinal epithelium; preplacement ... |
|---|---|
| TSE | testicular self-examination; tissue-specific extinguisher; total skin examination; trisodium edetate... |
| BPRS | Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale |
| APA | action potential amplitude; aldosterone-producing adenoma; Ambulatory Pediatric Association; America... |
| ASPP | Association for Sane Psychiatric Practices |
| self-examination | The inspection of one's own body, usually for signs of disease (e.g., breast self-examination, testicular self-examination). (12 Dec 1998) |
|---|---|
| hospitals, psychiatric | Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| social work, psychiatric | Use of all social work processes in the treatment of patients in a psychiatric or mental health setting. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, psychiatric | Insurance providing benefits to cover part or all of the psychiatric care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emergency services, psychiatric | Organised services to provide immediate psychiatric care to patients with acute psychological disturbances. (12 Dec 1998) |
| EMG examination | Needle electrode examination portion of the electrodiagnostic examination (limited sense), synonym for entire electrodiagnostic examination, including not only the needle electrode examination (electromyogram proper), but the nerve conduction studies as well (expanded sense). (05 Mar 2000) |
| examination | Any investigation or inspection made for the purpose of diagnosis; usually qualified by the method used. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ultrasound examination | <investigation> The use of high-frequency sound waves to locate a tumour inside the body. Helps determine if a breast lump is solid tissue or filled with fluids. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fluorescein eye examination | A special test that allows the examiner to detect cornea abrasions or corneal foreign bodies. An orange dye (fluorescein) is placed into the eye and the eye is illuminated with a cobalt blue light (black light). This serves to highlight any irregularities in the corneal surface. (27 Sep 1997) |