Category: N

To inform a person or authority officially.  

A serious infectious disease which, in the UK, has to be reported by a doctor to the Department of Health so that steps can be taken to stop it spreading. A disease that must be reported to the health authorities in order that speedy control and preventive action may be undertaken if necessary. In the…

A flat piece of wood, or board fixed on a wall, on which notices can be pinned.  

Able to be noticed.  

A piece of writing giving information, usually put in a place where everyone can see it. A warning. Attention.  

One of the two passages in the nose through which air is breathed in or out.  

A scale for deciding how likely it is that pressure sores will develop, used mostly in assessing elderly patients.  

Blood pressure at the usual level.  

The condition of having the standard number of red blood cells in the peripheral blood.  

Referring to a normocyte. A red blood cell that displays a typical size is commonly referred to as “normocytic.”