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Chapter 2 Med Term
general health record terms
Term | Definition |
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palpation | to feel |
impression | another way of saying assessment |
etiology | the cause |
idiopathic | no known cause |
systemic generalized | all over the body |
morbidity | the risk of getting sick |
prognosis | the chances of something getting better or worse |
pathogen | the organism that causes the problem |
lesion | diseased tissue |
sequelae | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
disposition | what happened to the patient at the end of the visit |
prophylaxis | preventive treatment |