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Assessment Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| impression | another way of saying assessment |
| diagnosis | what the health care professional thinks the patient has |
| differential diagnosis | a list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms |
| benign | dangerous; a problem |
| malignant | to be getting worse |
| degeneration | to be getting worse |
| remission | to get better or improve; most often used when discussing cancer; DOES NOT mean cure |
| idiopathic | no known specific cause; it just happens |
| localized | stays in a certain part of the bod |
| systemic/generalized | all over the body (or most of it) |
| prognosis | the chances for things to get better or worse |
| occult | hidden |
| lesion | diseased tissue |
| recurrent | to have again |
| sequela | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
| pending | waiting for |