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CH 2:
Intro to Health Records
Term | Definition | |
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Noncontributory | Not related to this specific problem. Making no contribution to a medical dianosis. | non/con/trib/u/to/ry |
Palpation | Is the process of using ones hands to examine the body, especially while perceiving/ diagnosing a disease or illness. | Pal/pa/tion |
Vital Signs/VS | Clinical measurements, specifically pulse rate, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure that indicate the state of a patients essential body functions. | |
Malignant | Very serious and dangerous; tending or likely to grow and spread in a rapid and uncontrolled way that can cause death. | Malig/anat |
Mortality | The quality or state of being a person or thing that is alive and therefore certain to die. | Mor/tal/i/ty |
Sequelae | A negative aftereffect | Se/quela |
Occult | The knowledge of hidden | Oc/cult |
Lesion | An abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease. | Le/sion |
Exacerbation | It is getting worse. To make more violent. | Ex/ac/er/bate |
Lethargic | A decrease in level of consciousness; characterized by laziness or lack of energy | Le/thar/gic |
Genetic/ Hereditary | Genetically transmitted or transmittable from parent to offspring. | He/red/i/tary |
Malsise | An indefinite feeling of debility of health often indicative of or axxompanying the onset of an illness. | Mal/aise |
Chronic | A continuing or occuring again and again for a long period of time. | Chron/ic |