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99CNM Med Terms 7
Question | Answer |
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anti- | against |
chlor/o | green |
erythr/0 | red |
melan/o | black |
pyret/o | fever |
xanth/o | yellow |
Signs | Any abnormality of the body a physician may discover upon examination |
Symptoms | An abnormality of the body that is experienced through one of the five organs of sense |
Vital | relating to life |
Qualifiers | Adjectives or adverbs that when used w/ another word maek the meaning of the term more specific |
Treatment | Medical, surgical or psychiatric management of a patient's illness. |
Statistics | a numerical way to keep score in medicine |
Diagnosis | Identification of an illness |