| PGWB | psychological general well-being [index] |
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| PSI | posterior sagittal index; problem solving information; prostaglandin synthetic inhibitor; psychologi... |
| psych | psychology, psychological |
| psychol | psychology, psychological |
| PW | peristaltic wave; plantar wart; posterior wall [of the heart]; pressure wave; psychological warfare;... |
| decision support techniques | Mathematical or statistical procedures used as aids in making a decision. They are frequently used in medical decision-making. (12 Dec 1998) |
|---|---|
| diagnostic techniques and procedures | Methods, procedures, and tests performed to diagnose disease, disordered function, or disability. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, cardiovascular | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the cardiovascular system or its organs or demonstration of their physiological processes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, digestive system | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the digestive system or its organs or demonstration of their physiological processes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, endocrine | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the endocrine glands or demonstration of their physiological processes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, neurological | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the nervous system, central and peripheral, or demonstration of neurologic function or dysfunction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, obstetrical and gynecological | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of conditions related to pregnancy, labour, and the puerperium and of diseases of the female genitalia. It includes also demonstration of genital and pregnancy physiology. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, ophthalmological | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the eye or of vision disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, otological | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the ear or of hearing disorders or demonstration of hearing acuity or loss. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, radioisotope | Any diagnostic evaluation using radioactive (unstable) isotopes. This diagnosis includes many nuclear medicine procedures as well as radioimmunoassay tests. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, respiratory system | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the respiratory tract or its organs. It includes respiratory function tests. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, surgical | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of disease or dysfunction by examination of the pathological site or operative field during surgical intervention. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, urological | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the urinary tract or its organs or demonstration of its physiological processes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| immunoenzyme techniques | Immunologic techniques based on the use of: 1) enzyme-antibody conjugates; 2) enzyme-antigen conjugates; 3) antienzyme antibody followed by its homologous enzyme; or 4) enzyme-antienzyme complexes. These are used histologically for visualizing or labeling tissue specimens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| immunosorbent techniques | Techniques for removal by adsorption and subsequent elution of a specific antibody or antigen using an immunosorbent containing the homologous antigen or antibody. (12 Dec 1998) |