Silver

Introduction: Silver

Description of Silver

Silver (medical condition): Any condition that affects older people. As people get older, they become more prone to conditions such as dementia, Alzheimer's and osteoporosis. Staying fit, healthy and active during the younger years often helps reduce the risk or ...more

Silver: See also:

Senior conditions:
  »Introduction: Senior conditions

Silver: Henry K., 20th-century U.S. pediatrician.Silver-Russell dwarfism, Silver-Russell syndrome
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Silver: white, soft, malleable and ductile metal, symbol Ag, atomic number 47; compounds are extensively used in medicine and metallic silver is employed in surgery, dental prostheses, and the manufacture of instruments.
Source: CRISP

Silver: Silver. An element with the atomic symbol Ag, atomic number 47, and atomic weight 107.87. It is a soft metal that is used medically in surgical instruments, dental prostheses, and alloys. Long-continued use of silver salts can lead to a form of poisoning known as ARGYRIA.
Source: MeSH 2007

Silver as a Disease

Silver: Another name for Senior conditions (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Senior conditions

Silver: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Silver:

• acute prostatitis
• chronic prostatitis
• benign prostatic hypertrophy
• prostate cancer
• endometrial cancer
• menopause
• osteoporosis

Terms associated with Silver:

Broader terms for Silver

• Metals, Heavy
• Transition Elements

Source - MeSH 2007

• heavy metal

Source - CRISP

The description of Silver may also be used for the following terms:

• Ag element

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Silver

The following list attempts to classify Silver into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Inorganic Chemicals
  • Elements
    • Metals, Heavy
      • Silver

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Inorganic Chemicals
  • Elements
    • Transition Elements
      • Silver

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Inorganic Chemicals
  • Metals
    • Metals, Heavy
      • Silver

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