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Chapter 2

General Objective Terms, Assessment Terms, Public Health, and General Plan Terms

TermDefinition
Alert able to answer questions; responsive; interactive
Oriented Being aware of who he or she is, where he or she is, and the current time; a patient who is aware of all three is "Oriented x3"
Marked It really stands out
Unremarkable Normal
Auscultation To listen
Percussion To hit something and listen to the resulting sound or feel for the resulting vibration; drums are a percussion instrument.
Palpation To feel
Impression Assessment
Diagnosis What the healthcare professional thinks the patient has.
Differential Diagnosis A list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam.
Benign Safe
Malignant Dangerous; a problem
Degeneration To be getting worse
Remission To get better/improve, mostly used when discussing cancer. Doesn't mean "cure"
Idiopathic No known specific cause; it just happens
Localized Stays in a certain part of the body.
Systemic Generalized all of the body (or most of it)
Prognosis The chances for things getting better or worse.
Lesion Diseased tissue
Sequela A problem resulting from disease or injury
Morbidity The risk of being sick
Mortality The risk of dying
Etiology The cause
Discharge "Unload/Body Unloading Fluid" Fluid coming out of a part of the body or to send home.
Palliative Treating symptoms, but not actually getting rid of the cause.
Observation Watch, Keep an eye on
Reassurance To treat the symptoms and make the patient feel better.
Sterile Extremely clean, germ-free conditions; especially important during medical procedures and surgery.
Prophylaxis Preventative treatment
Recurrent To have again
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