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Chapter 2 Acquiring Medical Language

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Term
Definition
SOAP   subjective, objective, assessment, plan  
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What part of SOAP? How a patient experiences and personallydescribes the problem as well as personal and family medical issues.   Subjective  
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What part of SOAP? The patient’s physical exam, any laboratory findings, and imaging studies performed at the visit.   Objective  
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What part of SOAP? A diagnosis, an identification of a problem, or a list of possibilities for the diagnosis, which is known as a differential diagnosis.   Assessment  
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What part of SOAP? A treatment with medicine or a procedure. It could also consist of collecting further data to help arrive at a more accurate diagnosis.   Plan  
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Acute   started recently  
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Chronic   has been going on for a while  
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Exacerbation   getting worse  
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Abrupt   all of a sudden  
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Febrile   to have a fever  
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Malaise   not feeling well  
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Progressive   more and more each day  
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Symptom   something a patient feels  
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Noncontributory   not related to this specific problem  
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Lethargic   a decrease in level of consciousness  
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genetic/hereditary   runs in the family  
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Alert   responsive, interactive  
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Oriented   aware of who he or she is, where he or she is, and the current time  
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Marked   really stands out  
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Unremarkable   normal  
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Auscultation   to listen  
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Percussion   to hit something and listen to the resulting sound  
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Palpation   to feel  
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Impression   assessment  
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Diagnosis   what the health care professional thinks the patient has  
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Differential diagnosis   list of conditions the patient may have based on symptoms and results of the exam  
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Benign   safe  
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Malignant   dangerous, a problem  
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Degeneration   getting worse  
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Remission   to get better or improve  
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Idiopathic   no known cause  
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Localized   stays in a certain part of the body  
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systemic/generalizes   all over the body  
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Prognosis   chance for getting better or worse  
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Occult   hidden  
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Lesion   diseased tissue  
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Recurrent   to have again  
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Sequela   a problem resulting from a disease or injury  
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Pending   waiting for  
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Pathogen   the organism that cause the problem  
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Morbidity   the risk for being sick  
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Mortality   the risk for dying  
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Etiology   the cause  
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Disposition   what happened to the patient at the end of the visit (where they went- home, ICU, hospital bed, etc.)  
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Discharge   to send home, or fluid coming out of a body part  
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Palliative   treating the symptoms, but not getting rid of the cause  
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Observation   watch, keep an eye on  
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Reassurance   to tell the patient that the problem is not serious or dangerous  
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Supportive care   to treat the symptoms and make the patient feel better  
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Sterile   extremely clean, germ-free conditions  
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Prophylaxis   preventative treatment  
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Chief complaint   main reason for patient’s visit  
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History of present illness   the story of the patient’s problem  
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Review of systems   description of individual body systems in order to discover any symptoms not directly related to the main problem  
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Past medical history   other significant past illnesses  
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Past surgical history   any of the patient’s past surgeries  
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Family history   any significant illnesses that run in the patient's family  
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Social history   a record of habits like smoking, drinking, drug abuse, and sexual practices that can impact health  
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