Category: D

An image, also called a “graphic”, in which the information content is in digital form. A photograph or other analog image can be “digitized” by a process which transforms the picture, a tiny segment at a time, into digital information. The tinier the segments, referred to as dots per inch (dpi), the finer the resolution…

The process of cutting deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules by the use of enzymes.  

A graduate of an American Dietetic Association (ADA) approved academic and supervised practice program who assists registered dietitians in the provision of nutrition services. A technician who assists the food service manager and dietitian in a health care facility with planning, implementing, and evaluating food programs. The technician may train and supervise dietary aides.  

A person who maintains a morgue and who assists in autopsies. Within the confines of the United States, a distinctive role exists in the realm of forensic pathology—a morgue technician or attendant who dutifully aids and supports a forensic pathologist during the meticulous process of an autopsy. This individual, operating within the intriguing domain of…

Services aimed at determining the nature and cause of the patient’s problem, rather than providing treatment. Diagnostic services include laboratory, x-ray, special testing such as stress testing, and the like.  

A chemical or other material which is used in diagnostic testing, either in the physician’s office or by the patient, or in the hospital.  

An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs. One who provides patient services for those using diagnostic ultrasound under the supervision of a doctor of medicine or osteopathy.  

A program of the American Medical Association (AMA) for assessing medical technology, with the purpose of providing authoritative information to physicians on the appropriate use of specific medical technology.  

An immediate treatment service for reducing the acute effects of alcohol or other drugs.  

Prison-associated, of or pertaining to the prison. Similar to “nosocomial,” meaning hospital-associated.