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Chapter 2 definitons
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MORBITITY | The risk of being sick |
| Etiology | The cause |
| SYSTEMIC/GENERALIZED | All over the body (or most of it) |
| DEGENERATION | To be getting worse |
| FEBRILE | To have a fever |
| LETHARGIC | A decrease in level of consciousness; In medical record, this is generally an indication that the patient is really sick |
| NKDA | No known drug allergies |
| PERRLA | Pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation |
| CTA | Clear to auscultation (description of normal-sounding lungs) |
| QHS | At night, from the Latin phrase quaque hora somni, which means "each night at the hour of sleep" |