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The Medical Record 4
Words and Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acute | sudden onset |
| chronic | ongoing |
| diagnosis | name for the disease of condition |
| etiology | cause of disease |
| exacerbation | made worse |
| remission | disease is inactive |
| febrile | fever |
| afebrile | normal temperature |
| idiopathic | cause unknown (unknown etiology) |
| localized | in one place in/on the body |
| systemic | in the blood |
| malaise | general feeling of unwellness |
| marked | significant |
| morbidity | about disease |
| morbidity rate | number of disease |
| mortality | about death |
| mortality rate | number of deaths |
| prognosis | predicted result |
| progressive | increasingly worse |
| prophylaxis | preventative measure |
| recurrent | happens again |
| sign | what can be observed |
| symptom | subjective evidence of disease perceived by the patient |
| syndrome | compilation of signs and symptoms |
| noncontributory | not involved in bringing on the condition or result |
| unremarkable | insignificant |
| tab | tablet |
| cap | capsule |
| parenteral | by injection |