theranostics n.— «A new term has entered the pharmaceutical developer’s glossary: theranostics. This word, created by the diagnostics company PharmaNetics, defines the development of diagnostic tests that can identify which patients...
10/90 gap n.— «This disparity has been called the “10/90 gap,” a term coined after a commission in 1990 provided research showing that only approximately 10 percent of the resources spent on health research go to the problems...
Indiana normal n.— «“Indiana normal” is the term the Fort Wayne physician has coined to refer to the weight of many of his patients. “In a day in my office seeing patients, it’s rare that I see a patient of normal...
diabesity n.— «As a specialist in diabetes, Mastbaum may be more likely than some doctors to see heavier patients. But as one who treats the sometimes-deadly complications of the illness, he also knows that such patients are risking their...
fyborg n.— «A functional cyborg (should we call it a fyborg? fuborg?) may be defined as a biological organism functionally supplemented with technological extensions.» —by Alexander Chislenko Are You A Cyborg? Legacy Systems and...
bac n.— «Now, all the inspectors were really doing was assessing health risk, watching your bacteria (or “bac” as they call it), identifying environs in which it peaked and coaxing those food retailers to improve their outlets...