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The Medical Record 4
Words and Definitions
Question | Answer |
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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 |