heroic dose n.— «An ounce in twenty-four hours, and a drachm at a dose, are heroic prescriptions, and not to be generally imitated.…In cases wherein the physician might be tempted to overstep nature with these heroic doses of...
somaticizer n.— «Early after its inception in the mid-1940s, the Kaiser Permanente HMO in Northern California discovered that 60 percent of physician visits were by patients who had no physical disease. The relationship between emotional...
whitecoat hypertension n.— «“Whitecoat hypertension” is high blood pressure caused by the high tension and anxiety from having it measured by a physician or a medical technician.» —by R.L. Wysong Wysong Health...
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...
hospitalist n.— «“The primary-care doctor may feel a sense of loss and even abandonment giving up his patient to another doctor, and sick patients have the right to be worried about being cared for by a stranger,” says Robert...