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terminology chpt 5
kelsie.mitchell
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| audiometer | an instrument used to measure hearing. |
| ausculation | the process of listening to the sounds produced within the body to detect signs of disease |
| bariatrics | the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment and control of obesity and diseases associated with obesity |
| clinical diagnosis | a tentative diagnosis of a patients condition ontained through the evaluation of the health history and the physical examination, without the benefit of laboratory or diagnostic tests. |
| diagnosis | the sciantific method of determining and identifying a patients condition |
| differential diagnosis | a determination of which of two or more diseases with similiar symptoms is producing a patients symptoms |
| inspection | the process of observing a patient to detect signs of disease. |
| mensuration | the process of measuring a patient |
| ophthalmoscope | an instrument for examining the interior of the eye |
| otoscope | an instrument for examining the external ear canal and tympanic membrane |
| palpation | the process of feeling with the hands to detect signs of disease |
| percussion | the process of tapping the body to detect signs of disease |
| percussion hammer | an instrument with a rubber head, used for testing reflexes |
| prognosis | the probable course and outcome of a patients condition and the patients prospects for recovery |
| speculum | an instrument for opening a body orifice or cavity for veiwing. |
| symptom | any change in the body or its functioning that indicates a disease might be present. |