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==Terms to add == Add these to the [[Glossary]] *Many will be in the [https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary] *Improving Access to Psychological Therapies *acquired *adipose tissue *alleles *ambulatory *anaerobic metabolism *anti-nociceptive *antigen *apnea *area under the curve (AUC) *bedbound *biomechanical *biomedical research *biomolecular *bistability *bistable *cervical *chronic illness es *citizen science citizen scientist *clinical research *conflict of interest *congenital genetic inherited *craniocervical junction, or CCJ *crash *distal *diurnal fluctuations eg temperature, circadian *dorsal raphé *dysautonomia *dyskinesia *electromyograms *endothelial *endothelial, endothelium *enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays ELISAs *evidence based *excitotoxicity *extrapyramidal *flare *flexion *genetic (inherited) genetics *glutamate excitotoxicity *haplogroup haplogroups *haplotype haplotypes *housebound *hyperthyroidism *intestine *lassitude *laxity *ligamentous *microbiome *mitogens *molecular mimicry *muscle atrophy muscle wasting *myasthenic *myocyte *myositis *myotonia myotonic *nasal *neutropenia *nociceptive *nucleotide *nystagmus *objective *odontoid *oral *perfusion *platelet *precursor *proctalgia fugax *prolotherapy *proprioception *prostate *proximal *psychosocial *rapid extracellular antigen profiling REAP -high-throughput autoantibody discovery method known as rapid extracellular antigen profiling (REAP)7. REAP enables the highly multiplexed detection of antibody reactivities through the biopanning of IgG from patients against a genetically barcoded library of 2,770 human extracellular proteins displayed on the surface of yeast, converting an antibody–antigen binding event into a quantitative sequencing readout (the REAP score) on the basis of the enrichment of the barcodes of each protein (Extended Data Fig. 1a). <ref name="Wang2021">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03631-y</ref> *relapse *sciatica *self-reproach *senescent *setback *skeletal muscle *spinal instability *spleen *subjective *tenesmus *topical *torticollis *ventricular *wheelchair bound / wheelchair dependant *wheelchair user ==pages== *[[biomedical research]] *[[chronic illness]] *[[crash]] *[[dysautonomia]] *[[endothelial dysfunction]] *[[flare-up]] *[[glutamate excitotoxicity]] *[[microbiome]] *[[muscle atrophy]] [[muscle wasting]] *[[platelet]] *[[relapse]] *[[sciatica]] *[[setback]] ==Done:== {{collapse top}} I don't feel able to edit myself but have looked up these, ready to add. All are direct quotes unless stated otherwise and may need shortening. If there are some web tools that can scan for unusual / rare or mispelled words they may also find some that we have used and need to add to the glossary. Anything that works by word frequency is best - words mentioned less than 10 times are often typos or rare medical terms. Note that cerebral blood flow may need to be listed before cerebral to prevent the definition of cerebral being used for both ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 12:09, February 7, 2020 (EST) ;rCBF :regional cerebral blood flow (no reference) cytokine storm - [[Talk:Cytokine_storm#references|references]] etiology, etiological indoleamine indoleproprionate morphology nanotechnology OXPHOS, oxidative phosphorylation [https://www.britannica.com/science/oxidative-phosphorylation def 1] [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxidative%20phosphorylation def 2] objective measures, objective outcomes prion protozoa / protozoan / protozoon / protozoans somatization subjective outcomes, subjective measures <s>cerebral</s> :1. of or relating to the brain or the intellect 2. of, relating to, affecting, or being the cerebrum https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cerebral#medicalDictionary ;cerebral blood flow ;CBF :is the amount of blood that goes through the arterial tree in the brain in a given amount of time. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_2165-2 ;migraineur ;migraineurs :Someone who experiences migraines https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migraineur#medicalDictionary ;hyperintense ;hyperintensity ;hyperintensities :appearing as a bright or white spot or region in images of the brain (such as those produced by MRI) hyperintense lesions https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperintense#medicalDictionary ;mastocytosis :a rare disease in which chronic symptoms are related to mast cell accumulation and activation. Patients can display depression–anxiety-like symptoms and cognitive impairment. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5611717/ ;presyncope :the sensation that one is about to pass out. It usually is described as a severe lightheaded feeling, often associated with unsteadiness or falling. The sensation arises because the cerebral cortex is temporarily not receiving adequate oxygen, usually because of diminished blood flow. https://books.google.com/books/about/Primary_Care_Geriatrics.html?id=aboBPOyYt3IC p270 ;syncope ;syncopes :1.loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain : FAINT https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syncope ;vertigo :An illusion of movement, typically whirling, spinning or tilting (not a direct quote) <ref>{{Cite book | date = 2007| title = Primary Care Geriatrics: A Case-based Approach | last =Ham | first = Richard J.|url= https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aboBPOyYt3IC&lpg=PA267&vq=vertigo&pg=PA266#v=snippet&q=vertigo&f=false}}</ref> </pre> ;WMH :White matter hyperintensities https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2012.01.144 </s> {{collapse bottom}} == Capitalization == {{collapse top}} I learned that glossary entries generally begin with a lowercase letter. Now I have to go back and fix my glossary entries! See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Glossaries#Use_natural_capitalization Wikipedia's Manual of Style] for more info. <br>[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 13:42, December 20, 2019 (EST) :I thought both upper and lower case were needed. If I do only lower case, will it allow for capitalization of the first word too? [[User:Pyrrhus]] ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 12:09, February 7, 2020 (EST) ::In the [[Template:Glossary entry]], both uppercase and lowercase are needed in the list of synonyms. But the name of the glossary entry itself should be lowercase, unless it's something that is always uppercase, per Wikipedia's MOS. Hope this helps. [[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ::[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 14:59, February 7, 2020 (EST) == Spacing between entries == Hi [[User:Kmdenmark]]! I see you noticed the spacing issue with glossary entries, which I wrestled with quite a bit when I wrote the Glossary Entry template. When you add glossary entries in the Visual Editor, it doesn't leave any lines between entries, so it shows up as a normal bulleted list. However, if you prefer editing the page in the Source Editor, it makes it a little hard to read. We can either 1) leave no lines between glossary entries so that they show up as a normal bulleted list, or 2) add an extra line between entries so that people who use the Source Editor find it more readable, even though it shows up as a double-spaced bulleted list. What's your preference? (Just bear in mind that future editors are likely to only use the Visual Editor, not the Source Editor.) <br>[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 14:52, December 20, 2019 (EST) : Hi [[User:Pyrrhus]], hope all is well. I found it easier to edit with a space between the entries, but I'm not married to it. I'll go with whatever you decide looks and works best. [[User:Kmdenmark|Kmdenmark]] ([[User talk:Kmdenmark|talk]]) 17:04, December 20, 2019 (EST) ::Thanks for the feedback [[User:Kmdenmark|Kmdenmark]]. Since the glossary page is currently going through a lot of editing, feel free to add extra spaces if it helps you in the Source Editor. Once the glossary page has stabilized, I can then go through and remove the spaces, so the list is single-spaced instead of double-spaced. Or, you can try adding glossary entries in the Visual Editor instead of the Source Editor, which you may actually find easier! (The only advantage to using the Source Editor is that you can put references outside the template tag, instead of inside, although it really doesn't make any difference whether the reference is outside or inside.) ::And by the way, if the glossary entry doesn't have an MEpedia page, you can list the corresponding wikipedia page in "learn-more-url", in case people want to learn more. ::Best, [[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 17:42, December 20, 2019 (EST) :::Thanks! [[User:Kmdenmark|Kmdenmark]] ([[User talk:Kmdenmark|talk]]) 22:15, December 24, 2019 (EST) {{collapse bottom}} ==Merging Glossary, Terminology, and Abbreviations pages== {{collapse top}} The [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Lingo 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? [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 19:57, 15 April 2019 (EDT) :[[User:Notjusttired]] I made a first attempt to convert the first two terms in the Glossary page into Terminology style. You may have a better idea how to do this. I think it's a great idea to merge Glossary, Terminology, and Abbreviations into one page. As for journal abbreviations, there are only a few abbreviations I can think of that are commonly used, e.g. BMJ, PLOS, NEJM. Hope this helps. :[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 20:05, October 23, 2019 (EDT) ::At the moment the Lingo extension means the Terminology page must but be edited in source editor only, which would be a problem for many / most editors. Lingo also insists each term is on a different line in bold, including upper and lower case for the same word so it doesn't look great. It's also possible to have the words used by Lingo coming from several pages - so if we convert Abbreviations we can keep the name and link it to Terminology so all are looked up as tooltips. It makes sense to merge Glossary and Terminology, but I would suggest protecting the pages to avoid accidental editing that breaks Lingo. I would be interested in others' views on this too. ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 20:28, October 23, 2019 (EDT) :::[[User:Pyrrhus]] I had forgotten I originally suggested merging Glossary and Terminology. The "noglossary" class isn't work, but basically __NOGLOSSARY__ should be used on all glossary pages to avoid circulator references. I added this and an A-Z index and won't edit further tonight. So far looks good, interesting idea to hide the aliases. I believe there is a "hidden" class or similar that you could also use. ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 21:28, October 23, 2019 (EDT) ::::[[User:Notjusttired]] I think I fixed the visual editor editing problem. Now users can use the visual editor to insert the "Glossary entry" template, which inserts a glossary entry in the correct format. I tested it on the first two entries. I also linked the Glossary and Abbreviations pages to the Terminology page. All three pages are semi-protected. Now we just have to merge all three pages somehow... ::::[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 22:27, October 23, 2019 (EDT) :[[User:Notjusttired]] and [[User:Kmdenmark]]: I have finished merging all terms from the [[Terminology]] page into the [[Glossary]] page. Any new entries should now be added to [[Glossary]] according to the easy instructions at [[Help:Glossary]], not on the [[Terminology]] page. Please let me know if you have any questions. Hope this helps! (We still have to merge the [[Abbreviations]] page into the [[Glossary]] page, though.) :[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 16:02, November 12, 2019 (EST) ::Nice job! The Terminology page should be made read only except for admins, and LocalSettings.php will need changing to point to Glossary instead. Abbreviations should stay separate in my view, Lingo allows it to be formatted in the same way and can draw terms from several pages. However, certain terms like ME/CFS need to be excluded from the lookup in some way because otherwise they end up on every page. The "noglossary" class has not been working. ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 23:19, November 12, 2019 (EST) {{collapse bottom}} == Split? == {{collapse top}} 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? [[User:Guido den Broeder|Guido den Broeder]] ([[User talk: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. [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk: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. [[User:Guido den Broeder|Guido den Broeder]] ([[User talk: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. [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 12:35, September 17, 2019 (EDT) :::::That's not what I suggested, thanks. [[User:Guido den Broeder|Guido den Broeder]] ([[User talk:Guido den Broeder|talk]]) 13:47, September 17, 2019 (EDT) ==Hiding very common terms == I would like to have very common terms like ME/CFS, chronic fatigue syndrome, etc and terms that might be part of a heading hidden - so they display of someone reads the glossary page directly - but aren't looked up. This could be done by marking the term with a nowiki tag perhaps? Possibly adding a hidden= parameter to the template. ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 12:21, April 18, 2020 (PDT) {{collapse bottom}}
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