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Screening
Screening Testing for disease in people without symptoms.
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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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Screen memory
A consciously tolerable memory that serves as a cover for an associated memory that would be emotionally painful if recalled.
Screening Center
The Screening Center is a hospital in Warren, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Septic shock
1. shock associated with sepsis, usually associated with abdominal and pelvic infection complicating trauma or operations; 2. shock associated with septicemia caused by Gram-negative bacteria.
Sequela
A condition following as a consequence of a disease.
Soman
An extremely potent cholinesterase inhibitor, similar to sarin and tabun.
Sterile abscess
An abscess whose contents are not caused by pyogenic bacteria.
Superantigen
An antigen that interacts with the T cell receptor in a domain outside of the antigen recognition site. This type of interaction induces the activation of larger numbers of T cells compared to antigens that are presented in the antigen recognition site.
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Silicosis
A form of chronic lung disease which develops after prolonged exposure to silica (quartz) dust.
SV40
Simian Virus 40, a monkey virus that contaminated the polio vaccine administered to 98 million Americans from 1955 to 1963, and has been associated with a number of rare human cancers. One controversial theory links SV40 to mesothelioma.
Safety
relative freedom from harm; in clinical trials, this refers to an absence of harmful side effects resulting from use of the product and may be assessed by laboratory testing of biological samples, special tests and procedures, psychiatric evaluation, and/or physical examination of subjects.
Safety and tolerability
The safety of a medical product concerns the medical risk to the subject, usually assessed in a clinical trial by laboratory tests (including clinical chemistry and haematology), vital signs, clinical adverse events (diseases, signs and symptoms), and other special safety, tests (for example, ECGs opthamology). The tolerability of the medical product represents the degree to which overt adverse effects can be tolerated by the subject
Serious adverse drug reaction (SADR)
A serious adverse event (SAE) which is possibly an adverse drug reaction (ADR)
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