IDEAS in WORDS IMAGES and MEDICINE

CHIRON CHIROPRACTIC OSTEOPATHY

Cheiro Hand

Cheiromancy Cheyrurgos Surgeon

Manual Manipulation

TERATOLOGY - DYSMORPHOLOGY

Semiology - Syndromology

Symptoms - Signs

Pathogenesis - Etiology - Diagnosis - Prognosis ... Natural History

In my view, Dysmorphology is a component of Teratology and represents a clinical discipline focused upon malformations. It is self evident that the above notions are complex, of general medical ...

HOLOPROSENCEPHALY SPECTRUM

Arrhinencephaly Cebocephaly Proboscis

Cyclopia Anophthalmia Microphthalmia Midline Cleft (gap) lip

Patau Trisomy 13 Syndrome - Mutations - Teratogens

Why did I choose the above image as an illustration of holoprosencephaly? Mainly because one consequence of holoprosencephaly is either a complete lack of ocular development (anophthalmia) or severe eye ...

MYTHOLOGY and MEDICINE

Ideonomy and Clinical Arts and Sciences

Myths Words Images and Imagination

Ethics Etiology Truth

Mythology and Medicine are like twins - they arose together. The quest for cures is among the earliest and most characteristic exclusive human properties. Inherently, hopes for cure implies a ...

HAVING FUN WITH CLINIC POINTING TO KNEE

I hope you are inclined and show your proclivity

Clinic flows from the Greek "kline" for "bed" and "klinein" for "to lean". Clinic flows further for notions of bed, couch, rest, to recline, or to decline. Closer to the ...

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY NOMENCLATURE VOCABULARY

ROOTS ETYMOLOGY IDEOLOGY

Mythology Legends History Humanities Fine Arts Ethics

Homo sapiens  differs most from other primates because it searches for "cures" and grasp the nature of nature. Notions in words like life, death, wellness, or love incorporate timeless universal ...

MINI-REVIEW OF SHORT STATURE (Part B)

Clinical Eye Openers (CEO)

GNOME - MIDGET

Some Clinical Points

Both individuals just presented share similar signs that represent a signal virtually diagnostic of achondroplasia. A consistent combination of signs represents a syndrome. Diagnosis represents a synthesis of the above ...

MINI-REVIEW OF SHORT STATURE (Part A)

Clinical Eye Openers (CEO)

DWARF - PYGMY

Some Clinical Points

To view a "short stature" person in a clinical perspective, please, focus on body proportions:- Is the head larger? - Is the root of the nose well-developed? Or is there ...

PROGNATHISM - HABSBURG JAW

Gnathia Micrognathia Macrognathia Prognathia Mandible Chin Menton

Habsburg Autosomal Dominant Mutation (part I)

Gnat Gnow ... Gena Genus ... Gingiva ... Gum

The scope of "gnathos" from "gnathion", Greek for chin or "menton" in Spanish from Latin "mentum" flows into "cheek or "gena" and further away to gnat, to imply "to chew" ...

CYCLOPIA

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We are implementing a CHANGE

NOTICE; Clinical Eye Openers (CEO) is our emerging new companion web-site mainly dedicated to the presentation of "challenge images" illustrating visually detectable developmental (mostly prenatal in nature) variations and anomalies. Pandora Word Box will ...