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• Functional medicine — is personalized medicine that deals with primary prevention and underlying causes, instead of symptoms, for serious chronic disease. [Jones DS, ed. Textbook of Functional Medicine. Gig Harbor, WA: The Institute for Functional Medicine; 2005. ISBN …   Wikipedia

• Functional food — Functional foods are those foods that encompass potentially healthful products including any modified food or ingredient that may provide a health benefit beyond the traditional nutrients it contains, as defined by the Institute of Medicine.… …   Medical dictionary

• functional magnetic resonance imaging — n magnetic resonance imaging used to demonstrate correlations between physical changes (as in blood flow) in the brain and mental functioning (as in performing cognitive tasks) abbr. fMRI called also functional MRI …   Medical dictionary

• functional bleeding — n discharge of blood from the uterus that is not due to any organic lesion …   Medical dictionary

• functional group — n a characteristic reactive unit of a chemical compound * * * a part of a molecule that gives it characteristic chemical properties, e.g., an aldehyde, alcohol, amine, carboxylic acid, ester, ether, or ketone group …   Medical dictionary

• Functional scoliosis — A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis involves a temporary change of spinal curvature. This is caused by an underlying condition such as a difference in leg length, muscle spasms, or …   Medical dictionary

• functional — 1. Relating to a function. 2. Not organic in origin; denoting a disorder with no known or detectable organic basis to explain the symptoms. See neurosis. * * * func·tion·al fəŋ(k) shnəl, shən əl adj 1 a) …   Medical dictionary

• functional assessment — an objective evaluation of a patient s functional level, including ability to perform activities of daily living, done to prescribe or evaluate rehabilitation measures …   Medical dictionary

• functional bloating — a recurrent sensation of abdominal distention, with or without measurable distention, that is not part of another functional bowel or gastroduodenal disorder …   Medical dictionary

• functional group isomerism — a type of constitutional isomerism dependent upon the presence of different functional groups, such compounds being of distinct chemical types, e.g., ethyl alcohol, C2H5OH, and dimethyl ether, CH3OCH3 …   Medical dictionary