Category: F

The ratio of patients who are disease-free but test positive for an illness, as a result of error, to all patients who do not have the disease.  

A result in a test or procedure that falsely indicates that a condition is present when in fact it is not. It may result from faulty laboratory technique or from the presence of another disease or condition that mimics the one sought.  

The ratio of subjects affected by an illness whose test results wrongly suggest they are disease-free to all those subjects who have the disease. The false-negative ratio of a test is useful in determining the test’s reliability (i.e., the higher the ratio, the less reliable the test).  

An instrument used to identify the fear of falling in the elderly as a factor in their decreased function and independence. Subjects state their fear of falling increases when they are unable to perform ten common activities of daily living.  

Imaging the interior of the fallopian tube (the endosalpinx) with a flexible fiberoptic endoscope. The procedure is used in the diagnosis and treatment of tubal infertility.  

A colloquial term for the fear of falling and of what it may mean for one’s future health and prospects for independent living.  

ln physical diagnosis, a metallic tinkle heard over the normal stomach and bowel when they are inflated.  

The radiological appearance of traumatic transection or rupture of the trachea or a main stem bronchus, consisting of a collapsed lung that seems to dangle from the hilum by nothing more than its vascular attachments. Pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema are sometimes also seen with tracheobronchial tears.  

A wide, sickle-shaped reflection of the peritoneum that serves as a principal attachment of the liver to the diaphragm and separates the right and left lobes of the liver. Its broad attachment extends from the posterior superior portion of the liver to the anterior convex portion connected to the internal surface of the right rectus…

A sensation of impending loss of consciousness.