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Chapter 2 Med Term
general health record terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |