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HS 4 Board Words
Board Words
Term | Definition |
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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 |