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Health Record Terms
Terms that are commonly used in patient health records
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| malaise | Not feeling well |
| febrile | To have a fever |
| auscultation | to listen |
| idiopathic | no known specific cause- it just happens |
| sequela | a problem resulting from a disease of injury |
| etlology | the cause |
| morbidity | the risk for being sick |
| palliative | treating the symptoms but not getting rid of the cause |
| prophylaxis | preventative treatment |
| disposition | what happens at the end of a visit to reference where the patient went after the visit like home or ICU (often used in ED ) |