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Chapter 2
Medical Terminology Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| afebrile | to not have a fever |
| acute | just started recently or a sharp, severe symptom |
| SOAP | Subjective Objective Assessment Plan |
| symptom | something a patient feels |
| exacerbation | it is getting worse |
| chronic | ongoing, going on for awhile |
| malaise | not feeling well |
| Subjective | description of problem in patient's words |
| Objective | data collected to assist in understanding the nature of the problem |
| Assessment | diagnosis, identification of problem or differential diagnosis |
| Plan | treatment |
| genetic | runs in the family hereditary |
| alert | responsive/interactive |
| oriented | aware of who the patient is, where they are and current time |
| unremarkable | normal |
| auscultation | to listen |
| palpitation | to feel |
| impression | another way of saying assessment |
| diagnosis | what the healthcare professional thinks the patient has |
| benign | safe |
| malignant | dangerous |
| idiopathic | no known specific cause |
| prognosis | the chances that things will get better or worse |
| occult | hidden |
| lesion | diseased tissue |
| sequela | problem resulting from disease or injury |
| pathoen | organism that causes the problem |
| morbidity | risk of being sick |
| mortality | the risk of dying |
| etiology | the cause |