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Medical Terminology
Chapter 2 - General Assessment Terms
Term | Definition |
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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 |