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med term

common medical language

TermDefinition
marked really stands out
oriented being aware of who one is where one is current time oriented times 3
alert responsive
genetic/hereditary it runs in the family
lethargic decrease in level of consciousness generally indicates patient is really sick
afebrile no fever
unremarkable normal
supportive care treat symptoms make patient feel better
reassurance to tell patient problem not serious or dangerous
observation watch, keep an eye on
palliative treating symptoms
discharge to unload 1. send home 2. fluid coming out of body part
disposition where patient went after visit
etiology the cause
mortality risk for dying
morbidity risk for being sick
pathogen organism that causes the problem
pending waiting for
recurrent have again
lesion diseased tissue
occult hidden
prognosis chances for things getting better or worse
systemic/generalized all over the body
localized stays in certain part of body
idiopathic no known cause
remission get better or improve
degeneration to be getting worse
malignant dangerous a problem
benign safe
palpation to feel
auscultation to listen
percussion hit something and listen to resulting sound or feel for resulting vibration
sterile extremely clean germ free
prophylaxis preventative treatment
abrupt all of a sudden
exacerbation getting worse
acute recent sharp severe symptom
chronic long lasting not new
malaise not feeling well
progressive more and more each day
symptom something a patient feels
noncontributory not related to this specific problem
febrile to have a fever
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