VDRL
VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory)
VDRL (== Template:IPA ==
The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.
Etymology
The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.
Related Terms
- Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
- Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on VDRL
- Wikipedia's article - VDRL
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Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski), or Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, is a blood test used to screen for syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. The term "VDRL" is derived from the name of the laboratory that first developed the test.
Etymology
The term "VDRL" is an acronym for "Venereal Disease Research Laboratory", the name of the laboratory that first developed the test. The term "venereal" comes from Venus, the Roman goddess of love, reflecting the sexual transmission of the diseases these laboratories were studying.
Procedure
The VDRL test is a nontreponemal test that detects nonspecific antibody in the blood that may be present in the case of a syphilis infection. The test involves taking a blood sample from the patient, which is then mixed with a reagent. If the patient's blood contains antibodies to syphilis, the mixture will clump together, indicating a positive result.
Related Terms
- Syphilis: A sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
- Treponema pallidum: The bacterium that causes syphilis.
- Antibody: A protein produced by the body's immune system when it detects harmful substances.
- Blood test: A laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample.
See Also
- RPR test: Another type of nontreponemal test for syphilis.
- Sexually transmitted infection: An infection that is spread by sexual contact.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on VDRL
- Wikipedia's article - VDRL
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski