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Anonymous reporting
Anonymous reporting In public health, anonymous reporting permits the acquisition of certain data such as the proportion of persons with a positive test or with a disease.
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Health
The state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
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Anonymize
Or anonymise. To remove the name. To make nameless.
Anonymous testing
Testing in which no name is used - there is total anonymity - to identify the person tested. For example, the State of Florida requires that each county have a site for anonymous HIV testing.
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Anomalad, Klippel-Feil
See: Klippel-Feil sequence.
Anomaly, congenital
A birth defect. A malformation that occurs before birth and is present at birth.
Anomaly, Klippel-Feil
See: Klippel-Feil sequence.
Anomia
A problem with word finding. Impaired recall of words with no impairment of comprehension or the capacity to repeat the words.
Anonymize
Or anonymise. To remove the name. To make nameless.
Anonymous reporting
Anonymous testing
Testing in which no name is used - there is total anonymity - to identify the person tested. For example, the State of Florida requires that each county have a site for anonymous HIV testing.
Anophthalmia
Absence of the eye, as a result of a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers, strictly speaking, to absence of the globe and ocular tissue from the orbit. However, in most cases of anophthalmia, CT scans show some remnants of the globe, indicating they represent severe microphthalmia (small eyes).
Anorexia, cancer
See: Cancer anorexia.
Anorexic
1. Pertaining to anorexia, lack of appetite. 2. A drug or other agent that causes anorexia and so diminishes the appetite.
Anorexigenic
Causing anorexia (loss of appetite) as, for example, an anorexigenic drug.
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