The marker is being picked up by the body part in an abnormal fashion in more than one spot.
Increased uptake in medical terms refers to an increase in the absorption or utilization of a substance by the body. This can refer to the uptake of nutrients, medications, or other substances that are essential for health and functioning.
Usually means small and discrete. e.g. focal brain lesions.Focal in medical terms meaning concentrated in or appearing in a particular spot. For example, if I have too much caffeine, I can have nonfocal tingling in my face, but if I sit on my foot too long, I will have focal tingling in that foot.
Some medical terms with the suffix -ectasis include bronchiectasis (dilation of the bronchial tubes) and atelectasis (collapsed lung tissue).
Goiter or thyromegaly is abnormal enlargement of the thyroid in medical terms.
-cytosis indicates an abnormal increase in a type of cell, and -penia indicates an abnormal decrease. So leukocytosis is abnormal increase in white blood cells, and leukopenia is an abnormal deficiency of white blood cells.
792.1 is a diagnosis code indicating abnormal color or content of stool, including hidden blood in the stool. It is not a medical diagnosis, but a code indicating a sign or symptom.
Medical terms used by the medical profession in caring for patients.
In medical terms, stool means feces.
What does code610 mean in medical terms
Caudal is the opposite of cranial in medical terms.
Occult means hidden in medical terms.
Nerves conduct impulses in medical terms.