Buffet
Buffet (Medical Term)
Buffet (pronounced: buh-fey) is a term used in the medical field to describe a situation where a patient is subjected to a variety of different symptoms or conditions at the same time.
Etymology
The term 'buffet' originates from the French word 'buffet', which means 'sideboard'. In the context of medicine, it is used metaphorically to describe a situation where a patient is being 'served' multiple symptoms or conditions, similar to how a variety of dishes are served on a sideboard in a buffet.
Related Terms
- Polypharmacy: This term refers to the use of multiple medications by a patient, especially when too many forms of medication are used by a patient, when more drugs are prescribed than is clinically warranted, or when all of an individual's medications are not individually necessary.
- Comorbidity: This term refers to the presence of one or more additional conditions co-occurring with a primary condition; in the countable sense of the term, a comorbidity (plural comorbidities) is each additional condition.
- Multimorbidity: This term is used to describe the presence of two or more chronic diseases or conditions in a patient.
- Syndrome: This term refers to a group of symptoms that consistently occur together, or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Buffet
- Wikipedia's article - Buffet
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