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Medical Terminology week 1

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Definition
Sign   Evidence of Disease observed by others; Objective  
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Symptom   Can be observed by only the patient; subjective  
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Syndrome   set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process  
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Diagnosis   Identification of a disease  
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Prognosis   Forecast or precidtion of the probable course or outcome  
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Acute   Disease or symptom with rapid onset, a severe course, and usually short duration  
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Chronic   Disease or symptom of long duration  
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Remission   Partial or complete disappearance of symptoms of a diesase  
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Eponym   Disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it  
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Acronym   Word formed by the initial letter or letters of the major part of the word  
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Transverse (Horizontal) Plane   Divides the body into inferior and superior sections  
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Sagittal Plane   Divides the body into right and left sections  
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Frontal (Coronal) Plane   Divides the body into anterior and posterior sections  
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Anterior   Front (Ventral)  
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Posterior   Back (Dorsal)  
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Superior   Upper (Towards head)  
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Inferior   Lower (Towards feet)  
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Medial   Toward midline or on inner side  
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Lateral   Away from midline or on outer side  
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