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Ch.2 AssessmentTerms
leads to conclusion about diagnosis
Term | Definition |
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Impression | synonym for "Assessment" |
Diagnosis | what a health care professional thinks a patient has |
Differential Diagnosis | list of conditions the patient may have based on symptoms exhibited & results of exam |
Benign | safe |
Malignant | dangerous, a problem |
Degeneration | to be getting worse |
Etiology | the cause |
Idiopahtic | no known specific cause; just happens |
Remission | to get better/improve does NOT mean cure |
Recurrent | to have again |
Morbidity | the risk of being sick |
Mortality | the risk of dying |
Prognosis | the chances for things to get better |
Localized | stays in certain part of the body |
Systematic/Generalized | all over body (or most of it) |
Occult | hidden |
Pathogen | organism that causes the problem |
Lesion | diseased tissue |
Sequela | problem resulting from a disease or injury |
Pending | waiting for |