The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Lupus (32 page)

on clotting. 3. immune serum; blood serum from an immunized animal used

for passive immunization; an antiserum; antitoxin, or antivenin. [EU]

Spectrum:
A charted band of wavelengths of electromagnetic vibrations

obtained by refraction and diffraction. By extension, a measurable range of

activity, such as the range of bacteria affected by an antibiotic (antibacterial s.) or the complete range of manifestations of a disease. [EU]

Stimulant:
1. producing stimulation; especially producing stimulation by causing tension on muscle fibre through the nervous tissue. 2. an agent or

remedy that produces stimulation. [EU]

Stomach:
An organ of digestion situated in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen between the termination of the esophagus and the beginning of the

duodenum. [NIH]

Thrombosis:
The formation, development, or presence of a thrombus. [EU]

Thyroxine:
An amino acid of the thyroid gland which exerts a stimulating effect on thyroid metabolism. [NIH]

Tolerance:
1. the ability to endure unusually large doses of a drug or toxin.

2. acquired drug tolerance; a decreasing response to repeated constant doses

of a drug or the need for increasing doses to maintain a constant response.

[EU]

Toxemia:
A generalized intoxication produced by toxins and other

substances elaborated by an infectious agent. [NIH]

Toxicity:
The quality of being poisonous, especially the degree of virulence of a toxic microbe or of a poison. [EU]

Toxicology:
The science concerned with the detection, chemical

composition, and pharmacologic action of toxic substances or poisons and

the treatment and prevention of toxic manifestations. [NIH]

Transplantation:
The grafting of tissues taken from the patient's own body Glossary 187

or from another. [EU]

Urinalysis:
Examination of urine by chemical, physical, or microscopic means. Routine urinalysis usually includes performing chemical screening

tests, determining specific gravity, observing any unusual color or odor,

screening for bacteriuria, and examining the sediment microscopically. [NIH]

Urology:
A surgical specialty concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the urinary tract in both sexes and the genital tract in the male. It includes the specialty of andrology which addresses both male

genital diseases and male infertility. [NIH]

Vasculitis:
Inflammation of a vessel, angiitis. [EU]

Viruses:
Minute infectious agents whose genomes are composed of DNA or RNA, but not both. They are characterized by a lack of independent

metabolism and the inability to replicate outside living host cells. [NIH]

Vitiligo:
A disorder consisting of areas of macular depigmentation,

commonly on extensor aspects of extremities, on the face or neck, and in skin

folds. Age of onset is often in young adulthood and the condition tends to

progress gradually with lesions enlarging and extending until a quiescent

state is reached. [NIH]

General Dictionaries and Glossaries

While the above glossary is essentially complete, the dictionaries listed here cover virtually all aspects of medicine, from basic words and phrases to

more advanced terms (sorted alphabetically by title; hyperlinks provide

rankings, information and reviews at Amazon.com):

·
Dictionary of Medical Acronymns & Abbreviations
by Stanley Jablonski (Editor), Paperback, 4th edition (2001), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publishers, ISBN: 1560534605,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1560534605/icongroupinterna

·
Dictionary of Medical Terms : For the Nonmedical Person (Dictionary of

Medical Terms for the Nonmedical Person, Ed 4)
by Mikel A. Rothenberg, M.D, et al, Paperback - 544 pages, 4th edition (2000), Barrons Educational

Series, ISBN: 0764112015,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764112015/icongroupinterna

·
A Dictionary of the History of Medicine
by A. Sebastian, CD-Rom edition (2001), CRC Press-Parthenon Publishers, ISBN: 185070368X,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/185070368X/icongroupinterna

·
Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary (Standard Version)
by Dorland, et al, Hardcover - 2088 pages, 29th edition (2000), W B Saunders Co, ISBN:

188 Lupus Nephritis

0721662544,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0721662544/icongroupinterna

·
Dorland’s Electronic Medical Dictionary
by Dorland, et al, Software, 29th Book & CD-Rom edition (2000), Harcourt Health Sciences, ISBN:

0721694934,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0721694934/icongroupinterna

·
Dorland’s Pocket Medical Dictionary (Dorland’s Pocket Medical

Dictionary, 26th Ed)
Hardcover - 912 pages, 26th edition (2001), W B

Saunders Co, ISBN: 0721682812,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0721682812/icongroupinterna

/103-4193558-7304618

·
Melloni’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary (Melloni’s Illustrated Medical

Dictionary, 4th Ed)
by Melloni, Hardcover, 4th edition (2001), CRC Press-Parthenon Publishers, ISBN: 85070094X,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/85070094X/icongroupinterna

·
Stedman’s Electronic Medical Dictionary Version 5.0 (CD-ROM for

Windows and Macintosh, Individual)
by Stedmans, CD-ROM edition

(2000), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, ISBN: 0781726328,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0781726328/icongroupinterna

·
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary
by Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Hardcover -

2098 pages, 27th edition (2000), Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, ISBN:

068340007X,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/068340007X/icongroupinterna

·
Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb Index)
by Donald Venes

(Editor), et al, Hardcover - 2439 pages, 19th edition (2001), F A Davis Co,

ISBN: 0803606540,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0803606540/icongroupinterna

Index 189

INDEX

A

Exogenous .......... 55, 68, 69, 87, 178, 180

Abdomen .................75, 76, 169, 178, 186

Exudate............................. 55, 69, 87, 180

Acidosis .................................................78

F

Alleles ....................................................61

Fatal ...................................................... 74

Amenorrhea...........................................48

Fibrosis ........................................... 49, 52

Angiitis ...........................................50, 187

Fistula ................................................... 86

Antibody..53, 59, 62, 68, 69, 76, 143, 174,

G

177, 179, 182

Genotype ................................ 64, 71, 184

Antigen ................56, 65, 68, 76, 177, 182

Glomerulonephritis. 15, 46, 47, 51, 54, 56,

Antioxidant...................................131, 132

58, 78, 79

Approximate ..........................................74

H

Arterial .............................68, 70, 178, 181

Helicobacter ........................................ 111

Arthralgia .............................................133

Hematology........................................... 10

Asymptomatic ........................................47

Hematuria ............................................. 47

Atrophy ..........................................49, 106

Hemorrhage.................................. 71, 185

Autoimmunity.....................14, 22, 65, 133

Humoral ................................................ 46

B

Hyperlipidemia ................................ 46, 49

Benign ...................................................79

Hypertension......... 49, 52, 78, 80, 98, 184

Biochemical ...................................67, 177

I

Biopsy............15, 50, 87, 95, 96, 133, 175

Iatrogenic .............................................. 48

Bronchial................................................86

Indicative............................... 70, 181, 183

C

Induction ............................................... 61

Calculi....................................................78

Infiltration ............................................ 143

Capillary.........................................17, 181

Inflammation .... 11, 17, 18, 46, 47, 48, 58,

Capsules..............................................141

69, 78, 95, 180, 181, 185

Captopril ................................................52

Infusion ............................................... 133

Carbohydrate.......................................140

Ingestion ....................... 83, 133, 141, 184

Cardiac ..................................85, 123, 185

Inhalation ...................................... 83, 184

Cardiovascular.......................................49

Interstitial............. 18, 80, 81, 87, 183, 185

Cataract .........................................76, 179

Intestinal........................ 55, 112, 138, 181

Chemotherapy .................................48, 96

Intrinsic.................................................. 65

Cholesterol ......................75, 95, 138, 140

L

Chronic .17, 22, 47, 52, 54, 58, 78, 86, 87,

Lesion ................................................... 55

158, 180, 181

Ligation ................................................. 56

Collagen ............................53, 69, 86, 179

M

Cyclophosphamide ..... 46, 47, 48, 49, 51,

Mediator ................................................ 75

54, 91, 95, 144

Membrane....................... 71, 76, 183, 185

Cytokines...................54, 57, 63, 131, 133

Microscopy...................................... 79, 82

Cytoplasm................................62, 70, 183

Molecular ... 10, 57, 71, 91, 100, 103, 105,

Cytotoxic........................15, 47, 48, 49, 54

185

D

Monocytes....................................... 55, 63

Degenerative .......................................139

Mutagenesis ......................................... 63

Diarrhea...............................................138

Myalgia................................................ 133

Distal..............................................55, 185

N

E

Nasal............................................. 18, 182

Eczema..................................................86

Necrosis ................................................ 63

Edema .......................87, 95, 98, 180, 184

Neonatal.......................................... 57, 95

Electrolyte......................................18, 184

Nephrons .............................................. 78

Empyema ................................86, 88, 180

Nephropathy ................................... 49, 79

Endogenous ............................55, 87, 180

Nephrotic........................... 47, 49, 78, 143

Enzyme........52, 66, 69, 71, 131, 180, 184

Neural ................................... 70, 139, 181

190 Lupus Nephritis

Niacin...................................................139

Retina.................................... 75, 147, 185

Nitrogen ...................................69, 95, 179

Rheumatoid................................... 14, 131

O

Riboflavin ............................................ 138

Osteoporosis .........................................75

S

P

Sclerosis ....................................... 14, 107

Paradoxical............................................61

Seizures .................................. 49, 72, 186

Parasitic.................................................79

Selenium ............................................. 140

Phagocytosis .........................................61

Spectrum............................................... 10

Phenotype .............53, 55, 56, 61, 71, 184

Stimulant ............................................... 58

Plasmapheresis .....................................46

Stomach................................................ 75

Postnatal................................................95

Systemic .... 11, 14, 15, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53,

Potassium..............11, 123, 133, 140, 185

55, 62, 78, 79, 80, 81, 86, 95, 96, 132

Precursor .............................................130

T

Prednisone ............................................95

Thermoregulation................................ 138

Prenatal .................................................95

Thyroxine ............................................ 140

Prevalence.............................................62

Tolerance .......................... 64, 65, 72, 186

Progressive............15, 46, 47, 51, 71, 183

Toxemia ................................................ 79