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Medical Terminology
General Assessment Terms
Term | Definition |
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mortality (mor-TA-lih-tee) | the risk of dying |
idiopathic (ih-dee-oh-PA-thik) | no known specific cause; it just happens |
remission (reh-MIH-shun) | to get better or improve; most often used when discussing cancer; remission does not mean cure |
benign beh-NAIN | safe |
impression (im-PREH-shun) | another way of saying assessment |
malignant (mah-LIG-nant) | dangerous; a problem |
etiology (ee-tee-AW-loh-jee) | the cause |
degeneration (dee-jen-er-AY-shun) | to be getting worse |
differential diagnosis (dih-fer-EN-shal DAI-ag-NOH-sis) | a list of conditions a patient may have based on symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam |
diagnosis (DAI-ag-Noh-sis) | what the health care professional thinks the patient has |
localized (LOH-kah-LAIZD) | stays in a certain part of the body |
systemic/generalized (sih-STEM-ik, jen-er-ah-LAIZD) | all over the body (or most of it) |
morbidity (mor-BID-ih-tee) | the risk of being sick |
prognosis (prawg-NOH-sis) | the chances for things getting better or worse |
occult (ah-KULT) | hidden |
pathogen (PATH-oh-jin) | the organism that causes the problem |
lesion (LEE-shun) | diseased tissue |
recurrent (ree-KUR-ent) | to have again |
sequelae (seh-KWEL-ah) | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
pending (PEN-ding) | waiting for |