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Chapter 2
word parts, terms, and/or abbreviations
Term | Definition |
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Chief Complaint | The main reason for the patients visit |
Malaise | Not feeling well |
Subjective (S) | It is the problem in the patients own words |
Objective (O) | Data collected to assist in understanding the nature of the problem |
Assessment (A) | Cause of problem |
Plan (P) | Treatment with medicine or procedure |
Lesion | Diseased tissue |
Etiology | the cause |
Proximal | closer to the center |
Distal | father away from the center |