Talk:Glossary

The Lingo Extension would allow this glossary to be used as tooltips for the rest of the site. This would mean awkward words / phrases could go here and would not need their own page, eg diurnial fluctuations just means fluctuating during the day. -- The Terminology page is in the correct format, so these pages need merging. The Lingo extension has been requested.

Do we merge Abbreviations into it too? Also I don't think there is much point keeping journal names as in Abbreviations - we don't normally refer to journals with abbreviations, and are creating pages for key journals that can be linked to instead, eg The Lancet. Thoughts? notjusttired (talk) 19:57, 15 April 2019 (EDT)

Split?

The glossary now contains many terms that are only relevant to either ME or CFS, but not to both. Would it not be more effective to have separate glossaries? Guido den Broeder (talk) 21:43, September 11, 2019 (EDT)

No. Users are unlikely to browse the glossary. It underlines words on pages where they are found so the user can get an expansion. It is a site-wide not a glossary for ME, so terms used in other illnesses or general research and medical terms will be here, and possibly slightly unusual or complex words for the average user eg iatrogenic, hypoglycaemia, p-values, biochemistry terms. The main idea of the glossary is to improve readability and to avoid having hundreds of stubs containing a 1-2 line explanation. notjusttired (talk) 10:51, September 16, 2019 (EDT)

So why again are nearly all the links blue? Is this not a page for readers? It's in mainspace. By the way, you're not adressing my point. Guido den Broeder (talk) 11:08, September 16, 2019 (EDT)

User:JaimeS User:Kmdenmark User:Sisyphus User:Pyrrhus I forgot this content was not merged with the Terminology (the tool tips popups page). Should I move the content not about ME/CFS out (as Guido suggested) - and put it on Terminology - although anything on that page cannot include links to other pages. Terminology pop-ups only appear when words aren't linked to another page, and many of these will be. Particularly the IOM report link, terms like somatic. The alternative would be to title the page as Glossary of ME, CFS and science terms or similar. notjusttired (talk) 12:35, September 17, 2019 (EDT)

That's not what I suggested, thanks. Guido den Broeder (talk) 13:47, September 17, 2019 (EDT)

iatrogenesis Accidental harm caused by a doctor, by medical treatment, or by diagnostic procedures.

hypoglycemia abnormal decrease of sugar in the blood

Institute of Medicine report (IOM report) - A report that was commissioned by the U.S. government and was published by the Institute of Medicine on February 10, 2015. The report was titled "Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness" and proposed the term Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID). Among its key findings were that "This disease is characterized by profound fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, sleep abnormalities, autonomic manifestations, pain, and other symptoms that are made worse by exertion of any sort." The report further stated "Between 836,000 and 2.5 million Americans suffer from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome."

somatic An adjective relating to the physical body or physical symptoms. It is often contrasted with the adjective "psychological", which refers to the human mind or mental symptoms. In biology, "somatic cells" refer to all the cells of the body, except those which form an egg or sperm.