Unit 1 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Diagnosis | What the health care professional thinks the patient has. |
| Degeneration | to be getting worse. |
| Idiopathic | no known specific cause; it just happens. |
| Prognosis | the chances for things getting better or worse. |
| Sequela | a problem resulting from a disease or injury. |
| Pathogen | the organism that causes the problem. |
| Morbidity | the risk for being sick. |
| Mortality | the risk for dying. |
| Etiology | the cause. |
| Alert | able to answer questions; responsive, interactive |
| Oriented | being aware of who he or she is; where he or she is; and the current time; a patient who is aware of all three is "oriented x 3" |
| Marked | it really stands out |
| Unremarkable | another way of saying normal |
| Auscultation | to listen |
| Percussion | to hit something and listen to the resulting sound or feel for the resulting vibration; drums are a percussion instrument |
| Palpation | to feel |
| Lethargic | a decrease in level of consciousness; in a medical record, this is generally an indication that the patient is really sick |
| Chronic | it has been going on for a while now |
| Acute | it just started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom |
| Exacerbation | it is getting worse. |
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