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Medical Terms M01
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acute | just started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom |
| auscultation | to listen |
| benign | safe |
| disposition | what happened to patient at the end of the visit; often used at the end of ED notes to reference where the patient went after visit. |
| exacerbation | it is getting worse |
| etiology | the cause |
| impression | another way of saying assessment |
| lesion | diseased tissue |
| malignant | dangerous; a problem |
| malaise | not feeling well |
| noncontributory | not related to this specific problem |