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Intro to Health Records

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Noncontributory   Not related to this specific problem. Making no contribution to a medical dianosis.   non/con/trib/u/to/ry  
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Palpation   Is the process of using ones hands to examine the body, especially while perceiving/ diagnosing a disease or illness.   Pal/pa/tion  
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Vital Signs/VS   Clinical measurements, specifically pulse rate, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure that indicate the state of a patients essential body functions.    
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Malignant   Very serious and dangerous; tending or likely to grow and spread in a rapid and uncontrolled way that can cause death.   Malig/anat  
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Mortality   The quality or state of being a person or thing that is alive and therefore certain to die.   Mor/tal/i/ty  
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Sequelae   A negative aftereffect   Se/quela  
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Occult   The knowledge of hidden   Oc/cult  
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Lesion   An abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease.   Le/sion  
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Exacerbation   It is getting worse. To make more violent.   Ex/ac/er/bate  
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Lethargic   A decrease in level of consciousness; characterized by laziness or lack of energy   Le/thar/gic  
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Genetic/ Hereditary   Genetically transmitted or transmittable from parent to offspring.   He/red/i/tary  
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Malsise   An indefinite feeling of debility of health often indicative of or axxompanying the onset of an illness.   Mal/aise  
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Chronic   A continuing or occuring again and again for a long period of time.   Chron/ic  
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