| differential diagnosis |
Distinguishing between two or more diseases and conditions with similar symptoms by systematically comparing and contrasting their clinical findings, including physical signs, symptoms, as well as the results of laboratory tests and other appropriate diagnostic procedures.
Ãâó: www.dbs-stn.org/glossary1.asp
|
|---|---|
| difference |
In arguments about specific events, a reason for seeing X as the cause of Y. X must be the only relevant difference between a situation in which Y occurs and situations in which Y does not occur.
Ãâó: www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/ct/ch12/glossary.htm
|
| differential blood count |
The subclassification of white blood cells.
Ãâó: depts.washington.edu/registry/glossary.htm
|
| differentiation |
the distinguishing of one thing from another; the act or process of acquiring completely individual characters; increase in morphological or chemical heterogeneity.
Ãâó: www.uwo.ca/pathol/glossary.html
|
| differentiation |
the functional specialization of a cell as a result of the expression of a specific set of genes.
Ãâó: www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/0199264724/studen...
|