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HS 4 Board Words
Board Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Deteriorate | the gradual worsening for a conditioning |
| Assessment | an evaluation or appraisal of a condition |
| Diagnosis | identification of a disease or condition by a scientific evaluation |
| Theraputic | beneficial to treatment |
| Aspiration | drawing in or out by suction |
| Nosocomial | infection pertaining to hospital |
| Congenital | present at birth |
| Etiology | study of all factors that may be involved with the disease |
| Expectorate | the ejection of mucus |
| Micturitian | urination |
| Rehabilitation | restoration of an individual or part to normal |
| Remission | the partial or complete disappearance of clinical chronic disease |
| Metastasize | process by which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body |
| Prognosis | a prediction of the probable outcome of the disease |
| Neoplasm | any abnormal growth of new tissue |
| Tachypnea | rapid breathing |
| Dementia | progressive irreversible decline of mental function |
| Subluxation | incomplete dislocation of a joint |
| Exacerbation | worsening of symptoms |
| Syncope | brief loss in consciousness |
| Chronic | persisting for a long period of time |
| Acute | sudden onset |
| Equilibrium | a state of balance |