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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology Chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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diagnosis | What the health care professional thinks the patient has |
lesion | diseased tissue |
recurrent | to have again |
impression | another way of saying assessment |
etiology | the cause |
morbidity | the risk for being sick |
mortality | the risk for dying |
prognosis | the chances for things getting better or worse |
remission | to get better or improve;most often used when discussing cancer;remission does not mean cure |
degeneration | to be getting worse |