DISEASE |
A DISPOSITION (i) to undergo PATHOLOGICAL PROCESSes that (ii) exists in an ORGANISM because of one or more DISORDERs in that ORGANISM. |
DISORDER |
A causally relatively isolated combination of physical components that is (a) clinically abnormal and (b) maximal, in the sense that it is not a part of some larger such combination. |
DIAGNOSIS |
A conclusion of an interpretive PROCESS that has as input a CLINICAL PICTURE of a given patient and as output an assertion (diagnostic statement) to the effect that the patient has a DISEASE of such and such a type. |
DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS |
An interpretive PROCESS that has as input a CLINICAL PICTURE of a given patient and as output an assertion to the effect that the patient has a DISEASE of a certain type. |
PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS |
A bodily PROCESS that is a manifestation of a DISORDER. |
PHENOTYPE |
A bodily feature or combination of bodily features of an organism determined by the interaction of the genetic make-up of the organism and its environment. |
CLINICAL PHENOTYPE |
A clinically abnormal PHENOTYPE. |
CLINICAL PICTURE |
A representation of a CLINICAL PHENOTYPE that is inferred from the combination of laboratory, image and clinical findings about a given patient. |
CLINICAL FINDING |
A REPRESENTATION that is either the output of a clinical history taking or a physical examination or an image finding, or some combination thereof. |
MANIFESTATION OF DISEASE |
A QUALITY of a patient that is (a) a deviation from clinical normality that exists in virtue of the realization of a disease and (b) is observable. |
CLINICAL HISTORY TAKING |
An interview in which a clinician elicits a clinical history from a patient or from a third party who is authorized to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient. |
CLINICAL HISTORY |
A series of statements representing health-relevant features of a patient. |