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Ch.2 AssessmentTerms
leads to conclusion about diagnosis
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Impression | synonym for "Assessment" |
| Diagnosis | what a health care professional thinks a patient has |
| Differential Diagnosis | list of conditions the patient may have based on symptoms exhibited & results of exam |
| Benign | safe |
| Malignant | dangerous, a problem |
| Degeneration | to be getting worse |
| Etiology | the cause |
| Idiopahtic | no known specific cause; just happens |
| Remission | to get better/improve does NOT mean cure |
| Recurrent | to have again |
| Morbidity | the risk of being sick |
| Mortality | the risk of dying |
| Prognosis | the chances for things to get better |
| Localized | stays in certain part of the body |
| Systematic/Generalized | all over body (or most of it) |
| Occult | hidden |
| Pathogen | organism that causes the problem |
| Lesion | diseased tissue |
| Sequela | problem resulting from a disease or injury |
| Pending | waiting for |