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Ch. 2
Subjective terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acute | started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom |
| chronic | has been going on for awhile |
| exacerbation | getting worse |
| abrupt | all of a sudden |
| febrile | to have a fever |
| afebrile | to not have a fever |
| malaise | not feeling well |
| progressive | more and more each day |
| symptom | something a patient feels |
| noncontributory | not related to this specific problem |
| lethargic | a decrease in level of consciousness; in a medical record, this is generally an indication that the patient is really sick |
| genetic/hereditary | it runs in the family |