Endocrinology
Menstrual cycle phase between the first day of menses and ovulation
Follicular phase
The likelihood a genotype will manifest as phenotype
Penetrance
Proportion of negative results that are true negative results
Negative predictive value
Physician credited with first describing digital clubbing
Hippocrates (oldest clinical sign described)
Ethical principles requiring all people be treated fairly and that health resources be distributed equitably
Justice
Radiologic description suggestive of a flattened or absent pituitary gland
Empty sella syndrome
Most common HFE gene mutation
C282Y (accept Cysteine-282-Tyrosine) )
A test's ability to designate a person without a disease as negative
Specificity
Organism ingested by internist Barry Marshall to prove its infectivity and association with disease
Helicobacter pylori
Federal law mandating hospitals provide a medical screening exam to patients regardless of ability to pay
EMTALA act
Endocrine disorder co-treated in myxedema coma
Adrenal insufficiency
Autosomal recessive disorder caused by a HEXA gene mutation
Eponymous ratio of the likelihood of one particular hypothesis to the likelihood of another
Bayes' factor or model comparison
Infectious disease prevention practice named for the Italian words meaning 40 days
Quarantine
Ethical principle of truth-telling
Veracity (accept truthfulness or honesty)
Name three tests you can use to differentiate between primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency
serum cortisol, serum ACTH and DHEA
Epigenetic phenomenon that causes genes to be expressed or inhibited, depending on whether they are inherited from the female or male parent
Genomic/Genetic imprinting
Nonparametric statistic used to estimate the survival function from lifetime data
Kaplan-Meier estimator (accept Kaplan-Meier, Kaplan-Meier curve, or product limit estimator)
Name of woman from whom immortal HeLa cells are derived used in scientific research
Henrietta Lacks
FDA-approved upper age limit for HPV vaccination
45
Term for hypothyroidism resulting from paraneoplastic expression of type 3 iodothyronine deiodinase
Consumptive hypothyroidism
Gene that encodes the cytochrome P450 enzyme involved in the metabolism of clopidogrel
CYP 2C19
Epidemiological metric that is defined as the average number of people that a single infected person can be expected to transmit that disease to.
It represents a calculation of the average “spreadability” of an infectious disease.
R-naught (R0) or R viral factor
Infectious disease prevention practice named for the Italian words meaning 40 days
Quarantine (quaranta giorni - holding arriving ships at anchor for 40 days before landing)
Molecular target of the neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder therapy inebilizumab
CD- 19