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chapter 2
General assessment terms
Term | Definition |
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Impression | another way of saying assessment |
Diagnosis | what the Professional thinks the patient has |
Differential diagnosis | a list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam |
Benign | Safe |
Malignant | Dangerous; a problem |
Degeneration | to be getting worse |
Etiology | the cause |
Remission | to get better or to improve |
Idiopathic | no known specific cause |
Localized | stays in certain part of the body |
Systemic/Generalized | all over the body or most of the body |
Morbidity | the risk of being sick |
Mortality | the risk of dying |
Prognosis | chances of things getting better or worse |
Occult | hidden |
Pathogen | the organism that causes the problem |
Lesion | diseased tissue |
Recurrent | to have again |
Sequeale | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
Pending | waiting for |