Bonewit Chapter 5 Word Scramble
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Audiometer | An instrument used to measure hearing. |
Auscultation | The process of listening to the sounds produced within the body to detect signs of disease. |
Bariatrics | The ranch of medicine that deals with the treatment and control of obesity and diseases associated with obesity. |
Body Mechanics | Utilization of the correct muscles to maintain proper balance, posture, and body alignment to accomplish a task safely and efficiently without undue strain on any muscle or joint. |
Clinical diagnosis | A tentative diagnosis of the patients condition obtained through evaluation of the health history and the physical examination, without the benefit of laboratory or diagnostic tests. |
Diagnosis | The scientific method of determining and identifying a patients condition. |
Differential diagnosis | A determination of which two or more diseases with similar symptoms is producing 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 typmanic 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. |
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 viewing. |
Symptom | An change in the body or its functioning that indicates a disease might be present |
Percussion hammer | An instrument with a rubber head, used for testing reflexes. |
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