Category: C

A method used in health care as a way of organizing, evaluating, and limiting variations in patient care. Development of a clinical pathway usually begins with establishment of a multidisciplinary committee that examines data to determine which patients will benefit most. Usually, diagnoses that involve costly or complex care (e.g., multidisciplinary care) or common illnesses…

The study of the distinctions between human diseases and the diseases that affect other animals, or plants.  

Pathology that uses clinical analysis and other laboratory procedures in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The branch of pathology focused on diagnosing and treating individual patients.  

Pathology based on microscopic changes in body cells produced by disease. Termed as cytopathology, this division of cytology focuses on how diseases impact cells.  

The path traversed by the condyle during various mandibular movements.  

Paraplegia from a bilateral cerebral lesion.  

Paralysis due to pressure on nerves in the axilla caused by improper use of a crutch. Arm paralysis caused by pressure from a crutch on the nerves in the armpit.  

Paralysis affecting muscles of one side of the face and those in the limbs on the opposite side of the body. Paralysis of one arm and leg on the same side of the body, accompanied by paralysis of the face on the opposite side.  

Paralysis of the conjugate movement of the eyes in all directions even though the fixation axis remains parallel.  

Paralysis in which there is total loss of function and sensation.