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Medical Terminology
Chapter 2 - General Assessment Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| impression | another way to say assessment |
| lesion | diseased tissue |
| sequela | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
| etiology | the cause |
| mortality | the risk for dying |
| morbidity | the risk for being sick |
| pathogen | the organism that causes the problem |
| pending | waiting for |
| recurrent | to have again |
| idiopathic | no known specific cause; it just happens |