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chapter 2
General assessment terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Impression | another way of saying assessment |
| Diagnosis | what the Professional thinks the patient has |
| Differential diagnosis | a list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam |
| Benign | Safe |
| Malignant | Dangerous; a problem |
| Degeneration | to be getting worse |
| Etiology | the cause |
| Remission | to get better or to improve |
| Idiopathic | no known specific cause |
| Localized | stays in certain part of the body |
| Systemic/Generalized | all over the body or most of the body |
| Morbidity | the risk of being sick |
| Mortality | the risk of dying |
| Prognosis | chances of things getting better or worse |
| Occult | hidden |
| Pathogen | the organism that causes the problem |
| Lesion | diseased tissue |
| Recurrent | to have again |
| Sequeale | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
| Pending | waiting for |