Further, judges who had experience with IP were assisted by technical assistants called Chosa-kan, who were senior examiners dispatched by the JPO and well-experienced patent attorneys temporarily appointed by the Supreme Court of Japan.
Definition. Arthralgia means pain in a joint. Polyarthralgia means pain in several joints (two or more for the purposes of this discussion). Arthritis is a diagnosis and is not a symptom; its diagnosis requires the physical signs of articular inflammation or the physical or roentgenographic signs of osteoarthritis. The major disorders associated with arthritis (and hence with arthralgia) are summarized in Table 159.2 in the preceding chapter.
Cultured Epidermal Autograft: a tissue grown from oneâs own skin cells for use in placing on the personâs own body. Epidermis: the outer cell layers of the skin. Epidermal: relating to the outer cell layers of the skin. Dermal: relating to the skin. Dermis: skin, the layer of skin lying under the epidermis, it contains blood vessels, nerves, sweat glands, and hair follicles. Full thickness burn: a burn of the skin that involves all of the layers of skin, i.e., epidermis and dermis, down to the underlying muscle and fat tissues. A full thickness skin burn is a third degree burn.