Author: Glossary

Feces in vomitus. This occurs in strangulated hernia or intestinal obstruction preventing normal bowel movements.  

Feces in the urine. It may arise when a fistula forms between the lower gastrointestinal tract and the urinary bladder.  

The measurement of the total quantity of lipids in a timed stool specimen, as a part of the evaluation of chronic diarrhea, especially when fat malabsorption is suspected. The collected feces must not be contaminated by urine or by chemicals used in toilets. High levels of fecal fat (e.g., more than 14 g/day) suggest biliary,…

Traces of nucleic acids found in the stool of individuals with colorectal cancers and polyps. Detection of DNA in stool has been proposed as an alternative to testing samples of stool for occult blood loss. Testing stool for traces of malignant DNA is a more sensitive screening test for intestinal cancer than screening stool samples…

A term used to describe constitutional symptoms that accompany a rise in temperature. The pulse and respiration rate usually increase, with headache, pains, malaise, loss of appetite, concentrated and diminished urine, chills or sweating, restlessness, insomnia, and irritability.  

In legal medicine, failing to meet an obligation; a legal responsibility for a failed outcome.  

In magnetic resonance imaging, the dampening of bright signals given off by body fat to allow other tissues to become more visible.  

Pain and tenderness just below the kneecap (patella) when the joint is straightened. It can occur as a complication of knee trauma or surgery. It results from squeezing or crushing the infrapatellar fat pad between the kneecap and the femoral condyle.  

A rare complication of intravenous administration of fat emulsion. Findings include sudden elevation of the serum triglyceride level, fever, hepatosplenomegaly, coagulopathy, and dysfunction of other organs. Specific therapy is not available, but plasma exchange has been used experimentally.