Basic Terms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Sign | Evidence of Disease observed by others; Objective |
Symptom | Can be observed by only the patient; subjective |
Syndrome | set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process |
Diagnosis | Identification of a disease |
Prognosis | Forecast or precidtion of the probable course or outcome |
Acute | Disease or symptom with rapid onset, a severe course, and usually short duration |
Chronic | Disease or symptom of long duration |
Remission | Partial or complete disappearance of symptoms of a diesase |
Eponym | Disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it |
Acronym | Word formed by the initial letter or letters of the major part of the word |
Transverse (Horizontal) Plane | Divides the body into inferior and superior sections |
Sagittal Plane | Divides the body into right and left sections |
Frontal (Coronal) Plane | Divides the body into anterior and posterior sections |
Anterior | Front (Ventral) |
Posterior | Back (Dorsal) |
Superior | Upper (Towards head) |
Inferior | Lower (Towards feet) |
Medial | Toward midline or on inner side |
Lateral | Away from midline or on outer side |
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