Chapter 2 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| impression | another way of saying assessment |
| diagnosis | what the health care professional thinks the patient has |
| differential diagnosis | list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam |
| benign | safe |
| malignant | dangerous; a problem |
| degeneration | to be getting worse |
| etiology | the cause |
| remission | to get better or improve; most often used when discussing cancer; remission does not mean cure |
| idiopathic | no known specific cause; it just happens |
| localized | stays in a certain part of the body |
| systemic/generalized | all over the body (or most of it) |
| morbidity | the risk for being sick |
| mortality | the risk for dying |
| prognosis | the chances for things getting better or worse |
| occult | hidden |
| pathogen | the organism that causes the problem |
| lesion | diseased tissure |
| recurrent | to have again |
| sequelae | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
| pending | waiting for |
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