Idiom

Idiom (Medicine)

Idiom (/ˈɪdiəm/; from the Greek idioma, "a peculiarity") in the medical context refers to a group of symptoms or clinical findings that collectively characterize a particular disease or condition.

Etymology

The term idiom is derived from the Greek word idioma, which means "a peculiarity". In the medical field, it is used to describe a set of symptoms or signs that are characteristic of a specific disease or condition.

Related Terms

• Symptom: A physical or mental feature that is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient.
• Sign (medicine): Objective evidence of disease perceivable by the doctor rather than by the patient.
• Disease: A particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not due to any immediate external injury.
• Condition (medicine): A state of health, whether normal or not, including a state of illness or disorder.
• Clinical finding: Information that a healthcare provider learns about a patient through direct observation or from reports of the patient's symptoms.

See Also

• Medical terminology
• Medical diagnosis
• Medical sign
• Medical symptom

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Idiom
• Wikipedia's article - Idiom

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