Idionsyncrasy
The word Idiosyncrasy comes from greek : <<idios->> “ἴδιος” (which means “your own”) and <<-sincrasis>> “σύνκρᾶσις” (which means “behaviour”). In the healthcare area this term indicate a condition of a…
Parenteral
The word parenteral comes from greek <<para->> “παρα-” which means beyond and <<-enteron>> -ἔντερον which means intestine. In the healthcare area the parenteral pathway indicate the entrance of a substance…
Polymorphic (disease)
The word polymorphic comes from the Greek words “poli-“ which means “many” and “-morphè” which means “shapes”. It means that a disease shows different lesions or manifestations and not only…
COURSE (of the illness)
The course of the illness is the period of time which goes from the beginning to the end of a pathology; during the course of the illness there are the…
Etiology
Etiology Is a branch of medicine which study what cause. It comes from Latin words “ætiõlogia” which means “the sudy of the cause” from “aìtia-“ which means “cause” (undetermined coming)…
Diagnosis
The word diagnosis comes from Greek “dia-gnosis” which means “to know through”. Diagnosis is a process of observations and studies which lead to individuate the presence of a given illness.…