Terminology

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Terms defined on Terminology page
cognitions
 * Thoughts


 * RCT
 * RCTs
 * Randomized controlled trial
 * randomized controlled trial
 * Randomised controlled trial
 * randomised controlled trial
 * Randomized controlled trial. Participants are randomly assigned to two or more groups, with one group receiving the treatment and a control or comparison group receiving a different treatment or placebo. (A glossary of EBM terms, BMJ).


 * NICE guidelines
 * NICE
 * NICE guidelines are clinical guidelines used in the UK.


 * Pharyngitis
 * pharyngitis
 * Pharyngitis is a sudden swelling of the pharnyx caused by an infection, eg Streptococcus. The hallmark symptom is a sore throat without cough.


 * Phase 3
 * Phase III
 * phase 3
 * phase III
 * Last phase of clinical trials before a drug can be approved for public use.


 * POTS
 * POTS


 * SEID
 * Systematic Exertion Intolerance Disease. A new term with new diagnostic criteria designed to replace chronic fatigue syndrome.


 * single nucleotide polymorphism
 * SNP
 * A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, pronounced "snip") is a potential genetic mutation that occurs in a single spot in the human genome; a difference in a single DNA building block. SNPs are often represented by an "rs" number, such as "rs53576".


 * Stress fracture
 * Stress fractures
 * stress fracture
 * stress fractures
 * A tiny crack in a bone caused by repetitive forces such as running or by normal use of a bone that's weakened by a condition such as osteoporosis.