"gross" is a medical term meaning that upon visual inspection, the liver appears normal. Then the liver is examined microscopically and the report might show abnormalities like disease process, etc.
pancreas grossly normal
Grossly unremarkable means there is nothing interesting to talk about, its normal.
What is a normal liver alt level?
THAT´S MEANS "PERFECTLY NORMAL"
"Grossly unremarkable gallbladder" means that upon visual inspection during a medical procedure such as an ultrasound or surgery, the gallbladder appears normal with no obvious signs of disease or abnormalities.
No. The damage can be partially repaired, but your liver will never be "normal" again.
A grossly unremarkable osseous nasal exam means that there are no notable abnormalities or issues observed upon visual inspection or palpation of the nasal bones or surrounding structures. It indicates that the bone structure of the nose appears normal without any significant defects, deformities, or pathologies.
The alcohol stops many of the normal liver functions because it's too busy detoxifying the alcohol. The normal functions resume when the alcohol is gone, though, if enough of the liver is undamaged.
Histology is the study of all normal tissue, plant, animal, human, both grossly and microscopically.
"Grossly unremarkable" on a CT ankle scan typically indicates that there are no significant abnormalities or findings of note in the ankle area being evaluated. It suggests that the structures and tissues appear normal and there are no issues that stand out to the radiologist reviewing the scan.
Physicians use "gross" or "grossly" as descriptors meaning "absolutely", "positively", "majorly" "big time" plus whatever word follows. So "grossly normal" means "the macula is absolutely, positively, majorly, big time" NORMAL. The macula is part of the back of the retina, where the occular nerve enters. The macula and retina are part of the eye. Redness of the scleras (the whites of the eye) occur usually from irritation but not from anything abnormal with eye structures.
In medicine and nursing, gross and grossly have distinct meanings. Imprecisely, it means "very much", "so much", "definitely", "absolutely", "positively", "very noticeably", etc.Patient records often contain these kind of examples:Motor strength grossly intact. (Meaning: motor strength is very much normal)Grossly obese. (Or... Morbidly obese.) (Meaning: Patient is extremely obese, but some doctors often use this if a patient is more than 25 pounds overweight.)Neuro exam grossly WNL. (WNL means within normal limits, so, very much WNL.)Reflexes grossly intact. (Meaning: Reflexes very much within normal limits.)Gross evidence of pus and blood in urine. (Means, can see a lot of pus and blood without lab testing, unless a test is specified.) OR, Gross hematuria (means lot of blood in urine and can be seen even without testing)Grossly normal gait. (Meaning: The patient's walking or gait couldn't be any more normal.)NOTE: Doctor's notes are not written as complete sentences. Please do not edit these examples.Any area of examination could include the adjectives of gross or grossly. In fact, sometimes if a patient's chief complaint is about one thing in particular, but the exam shows absolutely no reason for the symptom, the doctor will be more inclined to use gross or grossly as the adjective to describe "absolutely nothing found" or "absolutely normal".