| AAFP | American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Family Practice |
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| AAGP | American Academy of General Practice; American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry |
| ACOP | American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians; approved code of practice |
| AGPA | American Group Practice Association; American Group Psychotherapy Association |
| APN | acute pyelonephritis; advanced practice nurse; average peak noise |
| clinical cooperative group | A group of medical institutions cooperating to perform clinical research. (16 Dec 1997) |
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| clinical crown | That part of the crown of a tooth visible in the oral cavity. Synonym: corona clinica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical cytogenetics | The application of chromosome studies to clinical medicine. For example, clinical cytogenetic testing is done to see if a child with possible Down syndrome has an extra chromosome 21, as is most often the case. Clinical Cytogenetics is a specialty certified by the American Board Of Medical Genetics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical depression | <psychiatry> A clinical syndrome that includes a persistent sad mood or loss of interest in activities that persists for at least 2 weeks in the absence of external precipitants. This should not be confused with a grief reaction (death of loved one). Features may include change in eating habits, insomnia, early morning wakening, lack of interest, depressed mood, fatigue and suicidal thoughts. (27 Sep 1997) |
| clinical diagnosis | A diagnosis made from a study of the signs and symptoms of a disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical disease | A disease with clinical signs and symptoms that are recognizable. As distinct from a subclinical illness without clinical manifestations. Diabetes, for example, can be subclinical in someone before emerging as a clinical disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical epidemiology | The field concerned with applying epidemiological principles in a clinical setting.Whereas classical epidemiology studies populations in an attempt to assess causes and distribution of disease and to formulate statistical measures of risk, clinical epidemiology focuses on medically defined populations (patients). (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical eruption | Development of the crown of a tooth that can be observed clinically. Continuous eruption, the eruption of a tooth into the mouth and its continuous movement in a vertical direction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical fitness | Absence of frank disease or of subclinical precursors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical genetics | Genetics applied to the diagnosis, prognosis, management, and prevention of genetic diseases. Compare: medical genetics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical investigator | <specialist> A medically qualified scientist who works with patients in clinical investigations and Clinical Trials. most clinical investigators in the field of cancer medicine are trained in a branch of Oncology. (13 Nov 1997) |
| clinical laboratory information systems | Information systems, usually computer-assisted, designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative and clinical activities associated with the provision and utilization of clinical laboratory services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical lethal | A disorder that culminates in premature death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical medicine | The study and practice of medicine by direct examination of the patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical nurse specialist | <specialist> A registered nurse with an advanced degree in a particular area of patient care; e.g., neurosurgery clinical nurse specialist. (05 Mar 2000) |