关键词：循证医学；术语；中英文词汇
循证医学(evidence-based medicine, ebm)是最好的临床研究证据与临床实践(临床经验、临床决策)以及患者价值观(关注，期望，需求)的结合。ebm是运用最新、最有力的科研信息，指导临床医生采用最适宜的诊断方法、最精确的预后估计和最安全有效的治疗方法来治疗病人。ebm强调医师应认真地深思熟虑地将目前所得到的最佳证据，用于对每一个患者进行健康服务时的决策。使提供的医疗服务建立在目前所能获得的证据基础上。此类稿件也是我刊十分欢迎的内容之一，现提供ebm相关中英文术语，以期给撰写相关稿件的作用以帮助。具体参见：
同义词辨析
nerve cell 与 neuron
•neuron－one of the cells that constitute nervous tissue, that have the property of transmitting and receiving nervous impulses, and that are composed of somewhat reddish or grayish protoplasm with a large nucleus containing a conspicuous nucleolus, irregular cytoplasmic granules, and cytoplasmic processes which are highly differentiated frequently as multiple dendrites or usually as solitary axons and which conduct impulses toward and away from the nerve cell body -- called also nerve cell
•neuron is composed of cell body, dendrite, axon, nerve ending
praxiology 与 behavior test
•praxiology－the science or study of behaviour; it excludes the study of consciousness and similar non-objective metaphysical concepts.特指“人类行为学”
•behavior test－研究动物行为时常用“behavior test”
scaffold 与 cytoskeleton
•scaffold－scaffold materials
•cytoskeleton(细胞支架/细胞骨架)－a cell’s scaffold, the network of protein filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm that controls cell shape, maintains intracellular organization, and is involved in cell movement
循证医学(Evidence Based Medicine，EBM)是遵循科学证据的临床医学。它提倡将临床医师个人的临床实践和经验与客观的科学研究证据结合起来，将最正确的诊断、最安全有效的治疗和最精确的预后估计服务于每位具体患者。
循证医学不同于传统医学。传统医学是以经验医学为主，即根据非实验性的临床经验、临床资料和对疾病基础知识的理解来诊治病人。循证医学并非要取代临床技能、临床经验、临床资料和医学专业知识，它只是强调任何医疗决策应建立在最佳科学研究证据基础上。