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Medical Terms
Common Terms in Medicine
Term | Definition |
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Acute (ah-KYOOT) | it just started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom |
Chronic (KRAH-nik) | it has been going on for a while |
Exacerbation (ek-SAS-er-BAY-shun) | it is getting worse |
Abrupt (ah-BRUPT) | all of a sudden |
Febrile (FEH-brail) | to have a fever |
Afebrile (AY-FEH-brail) | to not have a fever |
Malaise (mah-LAYZ) | not feeling well |
Progressive (proh-GREH-siv) | more and more each day |
Symptom (SIM-tom) | something a patient feels |
Noncontributory (NON-kon-TRIB-yoo-TOH-ree) | not related to this specific problem |