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Medical Dictionary Terms Beginning with N
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Na
Na: The chemical symbol for sodium. From natrium, a synonym for sodium. Sodium chloride (ordinary salt) is NaCl.more detail info...
Nail
Nail: In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used to hold 2 or more pieces of bone together, for example, after a fracture. The other type of nail is the horny plate on the end of the finger or toe. Each nail anatmore detail info...
Nail care
Nail care: Many nail problems are due to poor nail care. Good nail habits help keep nails healthy. The following recommendations are designed for good nail care: Keep nails clean and dry to keep bacteria and other infectious organisms from collectingmore detail info...
Nail infection, fungal
Nail infection, fungal: The most common fungus infection of the nails is onychomycosis. Onychomycosis makes the nails look white and opaque, thickened, and brittle. Those at increased risk for developing onychomycosis includemore detail info...
Nail-patella syndrome
Nail-patella syndrome: An hereditary condition with abnormally formed (dysplastic) or absent nails and absent or underdeveloped (hypoplastic) kneecaps (patellae). Other features include: iliac horns, abnormality of the elbows interfering with fullmore detail info...
Nails, jogger's
Nails, jogger's: Very common small semi-circular white spots on the nails. These spots result from injury to the base (matrix) of the nail (the part under the visible nail) where the nail cells and the nail are produced. The injury responsible for whimore detail info...
Nails, ringworm of the
Nails, ringworm of the: The most common fungus infection of the nails, also called onychomycosis. Onychomycosis makes the nails look white and opaque, thickened, and brittle. Those at increased risk for developing onychomycosis include: People witmore detail info...
Nails, white spots on the
Nails, white spots on the: Very common small semi-circular white spots on the nails. These spots result from injury to the base (matrix) of the nail (the part under the visible nail) where the nail cells and the nail are produced. The injury responsibmore detail info...
Named reporting
Named reporting: In public health, named reporting is the reporting of infected persons by name to public health departments. This is standard practice for the surveillance of many infectious diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and tuberculosis thatmore detail info...
Nanism
Nanism: Once known as dwarfism, this condition is now correctly called short stature.more detail info...
Nares
Nares: The nostrils. The word &nares& is straight out of Latin (still another reason why you should have taken Latin in school or, if you did, studied harder).more detail info...
Nasal
Nasal: Having to do with the nose. Nasal drops are intended for the nose, not (for example) the eyes. The word &nasal& came from the Latin &nasus& meaning the nose or snout.more detail info...
Nasal decongestants
Nasal decongestants: Drugs that shrink the swollen membranes in the nose and make it easier to breath. Decongestants can be taken orally or by nasal spray. Decongestant nasal spray should not be used for more than five days without the doctor's advmore detail info...
Nasal septum
Nasal septum: The dividing wall that runs down the middle of the nose so that there are normally two sides to the nose, each ending in a nostril.more detail info...
Nasopharynx
Nasopharynx: The area of the upper throat behind the nose.more detail info...
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Cancer Institute (NCI): One of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S., whose mission is to ôlead a national effort to reduce the burden of cancer morbidity and mortality and ultimately to prevent the disease. Through basic anmore detail info...
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR): One of the Centers of the National Institutes of Health, whose mission is to ôadvance biomedical research and improves human health through research projects and shared resources that create, developmore detail info...
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Eye Institute (NEI): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., NEIÆs mission is to ôconduct and support research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding eye diseases, visual dmore detail info...
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NHLBIÆs mission is to ôprovide leadership for a national research program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and blood andmore detail info...
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI): One of the newest of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NHGRIÆs mission in formal terms is to ôsupport the NIH component of the Human Genome Project, a worldwide research effort designed tomore detail info...
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