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Med Term
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis dai-ag-noh-sis | what the health care professional thinks the patient has |
| Idiopathic ih-dee-oh-pa-thik | no known specific cause; it just happens |
| Etiology ee-tee-aw-loh-jee | the cause |
| Afebrile Ay-feh-brail | to not have a fever |
| Unremarkable un-ree-mark-ah-bul | another way of saying normal |
| Auscultation aws-kul-tay-shun | to listen |
| Exacerbation ek-sas-er-bay-shun | it is getting worse |
| Proximal prawk-sih-mal | closer in to the center |
| Caudal kow-dal | toward the bottom |
| Sagittal sa-jih-tal | divide the body in slices right to left |