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Intro to Health Records
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Auscultation | to listen |
| Degeneration | to be getting worse |
| Occult | Hidden |
| Proximal | closer in to the center; proximal and approximate come from the same word and mean close |
| Dorsum | the top of the hand or foot |
| Benign | safe |
| Palpation | to feel |
| Febrile | to have a fever |
| Afebrile | to not have a fever |
| Acute | it just started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom |