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Med Terms 1101 > 2- Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan (SOAP) Word Parts > Flashcards

2- Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan (SOAP) Word Parts Flashcards

1
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acute

A

sudden, short lasting a short time (typically <2 weeks)

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2
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aggravating factor

A

something which makes the problem worse

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3
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alleviating factor

A

something which makes the problem better

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4
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chronic

A

lasting a long time (typically > 2 weeks)

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complaint

A

reason for the patient’s visit

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duration

A

how long something has lasted

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gastrointestinal

A

stomach and intestines

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hematochezia

A

blood in the stool

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history

A

what has happened to the patient up to this moment

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musculoskeletal

A

muscles and skeletion

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11
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radiatin

A

pain that feels like it is moving from one spot to another

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severity

A

how bad it is

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symptom

A

symptom what the patient feels or is experiencing

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14
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temporal

A

having to do with time

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15
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auscultation

A

to listen

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biopsy

A

a tissue sample to be tested

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17
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edema

A

swelling

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18
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-gram

A

visual record

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19
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-grpah

A

instrument used to produce a visual record

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-graphy

A

procedure used to produce a visual record

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21
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localized

A

isolated to one part of the body

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22
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-meter

A

instrument used to measure

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23
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-metry

A

process of measuring

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24
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palpation

A

to feel

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-scope

A

instrument for visualizing something

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-scopy

A

process of using an instrument to visualize something

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27
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sign

A

what the clinician can measure or observe

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28
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systemic

A

throughout the body

29
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therm/o

A

temperature

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benign

A

safe, non-cancerous

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diagnosis

A

what the clinician thinks the patient has

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eti/o

A

cause, how something came to be

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-gnosis

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hernia

A

something that sticks out where it shouldn’t

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ischemia

A

without blood flow

36
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lesion

A

diseased tissue

37
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lith/o

38
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malignant

A

dangerous, cancerous

39
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morbidity

A

risk of being sick

40
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morph/o

41
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mortality

A

risk of dying

42
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necr/o

43
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-osis

44
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path/o

A

disease (literally, “suffering”)

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plas/o

46
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prognosis

A

prediction of what will happen to the patient

47
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septic

A

infected with bacteria

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trop/o

A

moving towards or acting on

49
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-trophy

A

nourishment

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xen/o

51
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cautery

A

to burn or melt

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cry/o

A

cold, to freeze

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dessicate

A

to dry out

54
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-ectomy

A

removal (notice ec- in prefixes list means “out of” and -tomy in this list means “cutting” so “cutting out of”)

55
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graft

A

living tissue

56
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matern/o

57
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neonat/o

A

newborn, baby

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orth/o

59
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palliative

A

treatment of symptoms only

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ped/i
ped/o

61
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-pexy

A

surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure (compare -desis)

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-plasty

A

surgical reconstruction or reformation

63
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prophylaxis

A

preventative treatment

64
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psych/o

A

mind, mental

65
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-rraphy

A

surgical formation of a seam; suturing

66
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-stomy

A

creation of an opening (see stoma = “mouth”)

67
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-tomy

A

cut; incision

68
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-tripsy

A

breaking apart (Greek tribein, “to rub”)

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