Information AboutIdiosyncrasy |
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| allergology | |
| general practice | |
| inborn errors of metabolism | |
| history of medicine | |
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By the same principle, linguists state that words are not only arbitrary, but also largely idiosyncratic signs. The word ''idiosyncratic'' is often used as a label to denote a group attitude or opinion that regards the own group as righteous and superior, everyone else or a selected outgroup as an evil enemy, while at the same time regarding all criticisms towards the own position as hostile attacks. IDIOSYNCRASY IN MEDICINE Disease Idiosyncrasy defined the way physicians conceived Disease s in the nineteenth century. They considered each disease as a unique condition, related to each patient. This understanding began to change in the 1870s, when discoveries made by researchers in Europe permitted the advent of a 'scientific medicine', a precursor to the Evidence-Based Medicine that is the standard to practice today. Pharmacology In contemporary medicine (as of 2007), the term , congenital or acquired, so that the triggering substance cannot be processed properly in the organism and causes symptoms by accumulating or blocking other substances to be processed. An idiosyncrasy causing symptoms like an allergy is also called Pseudoanaphylaxis . Psychiatry In memories in one person and disgust in another. These reactions are called idiosyncratic. IDIOSYNCRASY IN ECONOMICS In Portfolio Theory , risks of price changes due to the unique circumstances of a specific security, as opposed to the overall market, are described as idiosyncratic risk. This risk can be virtually eliminated from a portfolio through diversification. It is also often called unsystematic or specific risk. REFERENCES |
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