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Medical language ch2
abbrieviations
Term | Definition |
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Subjective | Subject of how a patient experiences and personally describes his or her problem as well as personal and family medical histories. |
Objective | Data collected. Example: Patient's physical exam, any laboratory findings, an imaging studies performed at the visit. |
Assessment | a logical analysis formulated by the health care provider after gathering the pertinent information. Example: diagnosis, identification of a problem, or a list of possibilities for the diagnosis. Known as differential diagnosis. |
Plan | Course of action consistent with the health care provider's assessment. could be a treatment with medicine or a procedure, or could consist of collecting further data to come to a more accurate diagnosis. |
Prone | Lying down on the stomach |
Supine | Lying down on the back |
Sagittal | Divides the body in slices right to left |
Coronal | Divides the body into slices from front to back |
Transverse | Divides the body from top to bottom |
PO | Per os (by mouth) |
NPO | Nil per os (nothing by mouth) |
PR | Per rectum (anal) |
SC | Subcutaneous (under the skin) |