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Impression   synonym for "Assessment"  
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Diagnosis   what a health care professional thinks a patient has  
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Differential Diagnosis   list of conditions the patient may have based on symptoms exhibited & results of exam  
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Benign   safe  
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Malignant   dangerous, a problem  
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Degeneration   to be getting worse  
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Etiology   the cause  
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Idiopahtic   no known specific cause; just happens  
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Remission   to get better/improve does NOT mean cure  
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Recurrent   to have again  
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Morbidity   the risk of being sick  
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Mortality   the risk of dying  
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Prognosis   the chances for things to get better  
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Localized   stays in certain part of the body  
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Systematic/Generalized   all over body (or most of it)  
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Occult   hidden  
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Pathogen   organism that causes the problem  
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Lesion   diseased tissue  
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Sequela   problem resulting from a disease or injury  
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Pending   waiting for  
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