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Chap 2
Med term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acute | it just started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom |
| chronic | it has been going on for a while now |
| febrile | to have a fever |
| malaise | not feeling well |
| progressive | more and more each day |
| exacerbation | it is getting worse |
| marked | it really stands out |
| percussion | to hit something and listen to the resulting sound or feel for the resulting vibration; drums are a percussion instrument |
| impression | another way of saying assessment |
| differential diagnosis | a list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam |
| idiopathic | no known specific cause; it just happens |
| sequela | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
| disposition | what happened to the patient at the end of the visit; often used at the end of ED notes to reference where the patient went after the visit (home, the ICU, normal hospital bed) |
| palliative | treating the symptoms, but not actually getting rid of the cause |
| sterile | extremely clean, germ-free conditions; especially important during medical procedures and surgery |
| proximal | closer in to the center proximal and approximate come from the same word and mean close |
| distal | farther away from the center distal and distant come from the same word and mean far |
| lateral | out to the side think of a quarterback lateraling a football to a running back |
| medial | toward the middle like the median of a highway |
| ventral/antral/anterior | the front the word ventral means “stomach” |
| dorsal/posterior | the back a dorsal fin on a shark is on its back |
| sagittal | divides the body along a hypothetical plane from right to left sagitta is Latin for arrow; think of this as dividing the body in half, as if someone shot an arrow toward |
| coronal | divides the body along a hypothetical plane from front to back corona is Latin for crown; this plane divides the body in half from the top of the head down like someone putting a crown on the head |
| transverse | divides the body from top to bottom |
| unilateral | one side |
| bilateral | both sides |
| dorsum | the top of the hand or foot |
| plantar | the sole of the foot |
| palmar | the palm of the hand |
| contralateral | opposite side |
| ipsilateral | same side |
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