Index of Activities of Daily Living - Infantile Acropustulosis

index of activities of daily living

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index case

The first person whose condition leads to the investigation of a hereditary or infectious disease.

India ink

(in′dē-ă) A black ink, commonly used in the past, made from lampblack. In clinical pathology, it is used to stain fungi, such as Cryptococcus neoformans.

Indian Health Service

ABBR: IHS. A bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, responsible for providing public health and medical services to Native Americans.

indican

(ĭn′dĭ-kăn″) 1. Potassium salt of indoxylsulfate, found in sweat and urine, and formed when intestinal bacteria convert tryptophan to indole. 2. In plants, a yellow glycoside, the precursor of the dye indigo.

indicant

(ĭn′dĭ-kănt) 1. Something such as a sign or symptom that points to the presence of a disease. 2. Something such as loss of a symptom or sign that indicates that the treatment of the disease is proper and effective.

indication

(in″dĭ-kā′shŏn) [L. indicare, a setting, valuation] 1. A sign or circumstance that suggests the proper treatment of a disease. 2. An approved use for any therapeutic intervention or drug, e.g., in the U.S., a use that has met the standards set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. SYN: labeled use.

 causal i. An indication provided by the knowledge of the cause of a disease.

 symptomatic i. An indication provided by the symptoms of a disease rather than because of precise knowledge of the actual disease process. For example, a patient may be given acetaminophen without knowing the cause of the symptoms of headache or fever

indication bias

(in″dĭ-kā′shŏn bī′ăs) The incorrect assumption that a drug is the cause of an adverse outcome or reaction, when in fact the reason the drug was given is the actual cause of the reaction. SYN: confounding by indication.

indicator

(in″dĭ-kāt′ŏr) [L. indicare, to show] In chemical analysis, a substance that can be used to determine pH. In a more general sense, any substance that can be used to determine the completeness of a chemical reaction, as in volumetric analysis. SEE: table.

 empirical i. An instrument, experimental ...