Category: S

An indication provided by the symptoms of a disease rather than because of precise knowledge of the actual disease process (e.g., a patient may be given acetaminophen without knowing the cause of the symptoms of headache or fever).  

The systolic blood pressure divided by the heart rate.  

Sudden leakage of urine with activities that increase intra-abdominal pressure.  

Hearing loss or deafness that is genetically transmitted and associated with other inherited diseases or deficits.  

A common impairment in language development affecting about 4% to 6% of children in which nonverbal intelligence is normal but skills such as the ability to name objects or to understand word meanings lags.  

Any treatment used to block abnormal or excessive immune responses.  

Allergen desensitization in which the antigen is administered in droplet form under the tongue instead of being injected subcutaneously. SLIT is a relatively safe form of immunotherapy and is often used at home instead of in a medical office, several times a week.  

The therapeutic use of agents that stimulate immune function (immunostimulants). These agents include cytokines and cytokine antagonists, monoclonal antibodies, compounds obtained from bacteria, and hormones from the thymus. The most successful immunostimulants have been laboratory-prepared cytokines, the protein mediators of immune responses. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) are used widely to…

An immunoassay in which the analyte is bound to a solid phase and a labeled reagent subsequently bound immunochemically to the analyte.  

A mental concept of odor previously experienced.