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37 plain-English navigation terms beginning with A. These entries explain administrative and care routes, not diagnosis or treatment.

37 terms beginning with A · All letters

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Accessibility supportA facility-specific arrangement for step-free access, mobility equipment, human assistance or another stated access need.Accumulated sick-leave daysThe day-by-day total of illness absence inside the controlling medical-period window, including the days treated as part of the period under the applicable rule.Active ingredientThe substance name to compare with the medicine strength and dosage form; it is not a substitution decision.Active maternity-insurance entitlementThe current locally administered status used to decide whether a maternity-insurance benefit route may proceed; participation history and active entitlement must be checked separately.Active medical-insurance entitlementThe current official status showing that a participant's basic-medical-insurance benefit is in force; a card, code, payroll line or old settlement does not establish it by itself.Actual signerThe person who physically signs or marks a hospital form; the signature must be matched to the underlying patient, guardian, agent or institution-controlled authority rather than treated as self-proving.Acupuncture serviceA provider-proposed TCM service that requires an accountable institution, qualified practitioner, patient-specific explanation and consent; the label is not a recommendation.Administrative health examinationA purpose-specific examination used for a named work, study or residence process; it is not a voluntary routine checkup or a universal fitness decision.Administrative job-fitness decisionA role-specific decision made under the applicable employment and safety framework; a general health report or immigration certificate is not universal fitness clearance.Admission notice (住院证)A provider-issued admission document used in its inpatient workflow; it is not itself a bed guarantee, insurer authorization or clinical decision.Adult vaccination charge recordThe provider's disclosed price, payment record, itemized charge and formal receipt kept separately from the insurer's later coverage or reimbursement decision.Adult vaccination clinicA locally designated, authorized or filed service whose exact adult population, vaccine scope, identity route, opening time and appointment channel must be confirmed before attendance.Adult vaccination credentialPaper or electronic proof created by the vaccination provider after an adult service; it is distinct from a child's statutory vaccination certificate and from an ICVP.Advance directiveA person's prior statement about future care whose form, evidence and effect must be checked under the applicable national and local framework; China has no single universal nationwide form published for every case.Advance-care planningAn ongoing process for discussing and recording values, goals, preferred contacts and future-care questions with the responsible provider, without assuming one document has universal legal effect.After-hours clinicA provider-published evening, weekend or extended-hours outpatient session; it is not automatically an emergency department and cannot determine urgency.After-hours pediatric serviceA provider-confirmed pediatric emergency, night, extended-hours or weekend route whose current campus and opening status must be checked without using the label for self-triage.Air ambulanceA dedicated aviation medical-transport route coordinated separately from an ordinary commercial flight and from local emergency dispatch.Alternative work after illnessOther work considered after the medical period when the employee cannot perform the original role; the proposal, ability evidence and legal effect require case-specific review.Ambulance (120)The public medical emergency dispatch number in mainland China.Anaesthesia recordA provider-created part of the inpatient medical record for anaesthesia-related care; it is separate from the surgery consent, operation record and discharge record.ApostilleAuthentication of the final seal or signature in an eligible public-document chain; it does not certify medical content or guarantee overseas acceptance.Apostille boundaryAn apostille authenticates the origin of a signature or seal in an eligible public-document chain; it does not prove substantive authority, document scope, translation accuracy or hospital acceptance.AppointmentA booked hospital, campus, department and time route.Appointment cancellationClosing a booked outpatient route through the provider's current official channel; it may be separate from registration-fee or test-payment handling.Appraisal commissionThe written procedural instruction identifying the commissioner, eligible appraiser, specialized questions, materials, fees and expected opinion; it is not a damages award.Appraisal-type boundaryThe distinction among medical-accident technical appraisal, medical-damage appraisal, judicial appraisal and expert consultation based on the legal basis, commissioner and questions.Ashes travelTransporting cremated remains under the actual carrier, departure-port, transit and destination rules; public guidance does not establish one universal China-wide passenger document list or carriage mode.Assisted-reproduction approved technologyA human assisted-reproduction technology named within an institution's current official authorization; it is not a quality score, treatment recommendation or patient-eligibility decision.Assisted-reproduction institutionA medical institution appearing on the current official approved list for the exact assisted-reproduction technology stated; marketing as a fertility centre is not enough.Assisted-reproduction medical recordThe accountable institution's identity, consent, clinical, laboratory and legal-document file for assisted reproduction, with access and retention controlled by applicable rules.Assisted-reproduction price itemA locally implemented charge mapped from the national assisted-reproduction price-project framework; it is not a national package price or insurance promise.Assistive deviceA wheelchair, hearing aid, prosthesis, orthosis or other product selected, fitted, rented or purchased through the applicable clinical, market, insurance or public-program route.Authorized agentA person authorized for named hospital or record tasks within the document's scope, dates and limits; the role is not automatically guardianship or authority for every medical decision.Authorized bereavement representativeA person acting for a defined death-certificate, funeral, immigration, consular or document task with the identity, relationship and authorization evidence required by that specific authority.Authorized inpatient update contactA person the patient and institution recognize for a defined communication task; being a companion, payer or emergency contact does not automatically create that authority.Authorized representativeA person using the identity, relationship and authorization documents required for a defined patient-administration task.

Need the complete adult-vaccination or travel-health route?

The adult vaccination and travel health center separates clinic access, domestic records, International Travel Health Care Centers, ICVPs, border checks, destination requirements and outbound medical forms. It does not recommend a vaccine or confirm one journey’s live requirement.

Need the complete diagnostic-service route?

The diagnostic tests, imaging and pathology center connects provider checks, orders, identity, costs, reports, image data, pathology material and clinician-led follow-up. It does not choose a test or interpret a result.

Use this index for navigation, not clinical decisions

This index explains administrative terms and care routes. For symptoms, diagnosis or treatment, contact a qualified healthcare professional; a glossary entry cannot replace clinical advice.