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abdomen

belly region

acute hospital

A hospital where you have the chance to be medically treated all day and night.

adrenocortical carcinoma

a rare cancer that forms in the outer layer of tissue of the adrenal gland

ANCA

Anti-Neutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antibodies

aneurysm

abnormal bulge in the wall of an artery

Angina pectoris

also called stenocardia. A feeling of constriction around the heart/breast. Symptom of an acute coronary insufficiency.

arthrosis

degenerative arthropathy, which predominantly occurs when there is a disproportion between exposure and capacity of the joints

concomitant

accompanying

DEGUM

German Association for ultra sound in medicine

DGOT

German Association for Orthopedics and Traumatology

DRG

Diagnosis Related Groups (a summary of cases by diagnosis and procedures to a homogenous case group)

edema

painless swellings through fliud retention

emphysema

pathological accumulation of air in tissues or organs.

epiphyseolysis

obstruction of the epiphysial cartilage

femoral

thigh bone

G-DRG

German Diagnosis Related Group

Gastro-intestinal-diseases

Special field of internal medicine, which deals with diseases and variances of the stomach, the intestine and conterminous organs.

glaucoma

an eye disease associated with increased pressure within the eye. Glaucoma can damage the optic nerve and cause impaired vision and blindness.

Hallux valgus

angulation of the big toe towards the other toes of the foot.

Heart diseases

Section of internal medicine and child medicine respectively, which deals with diseases and variances of the heart..

Hernia

penetration of intestines with baggy protuberances of the parietal peritoneum.

heterophoria

latent deviation, latent strabismus, phoria

hydrocephalus

water on the head, dropsy of brain, dropsy of head

hypogastrium

belly region, pubic region

hysterectomy

excision of the uterus

inflammation

redness, swelling, heat, pain or tenderness or disturbed functioning of an area of the body.

kyphosis

dorsal convex flection of the spinal column

maximum care

a wide spectrum of medical treatment combined in one hospital.

MDC

Major Diagnostic Category

metacarpophalangeal

middle hand finger bone

metritis

inflammation of the uterus

Mucoviscidosis

A mucoviscidosis is a cystic fibrosis, which belong to the most congenital metabolic diseases.

pancreatitis

noninfectious inflammation of the pancreas.

Perthes` disease

osteochondropathia deformanf coxae juvenilis

PLDD

Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression

Polyps

any growth or mass protruding from a mucous membrane.

pyogenic

bacterial

rheumatism

also called chronical polyarthrosis. Inflammation of embryonal connective tissue.

rubella

German measles, roeteln

scoliosis

deformation of the backbone

spondylodesis

vertebra fusion, spinal fusion,

Sprengel`s deformity

Congenital deformity syndrom. Predominantly in the area of the shoulder girdle with obstruction of the shoulder.

SSEPs

Somatosensory Evoked Potential

tuberculosis

an bacterial infection, which is widespread all over the globe. Usually it chronically affects the lung, but can also attack all other organs.

Urology

vasculitis

inflammation of the blood vessels in the body

vasovagal

a transient vascular and neurogenic reaction

VATS

Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery