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Acute

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Severe symptom, recently or sharp.

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Chronic

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Won’t go away.

Been going on for a while now.

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Exacerbation

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It’s getting worse

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Abrupt

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All of a sudden.

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Febrile

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Having fever

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Malaise

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Not feeling well

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Progressive

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More and more each day

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Symptoms

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Something the patient feels

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Noncontributory

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Not related to this current or specific problem.

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Lethargic

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Decrease in level of consciousness

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Genetic/hereditary

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It runs in the family.

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Alert

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Able to answer questions, responsive and interactive

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Oriented

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Being aware of who you are.
Where
Current time

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Marked

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It really stands out

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Unremarkable

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Another way of saying normal

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Auscultation

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To listen

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Percussion

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To hit something and listen to resulting sound or feel for results.

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Palpation

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To feel

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Impression

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Another way of saying assessment

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Diagnosis

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What the health care pro thinks the patient has.

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Differential diagnosis

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A list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam

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Benign

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Safe

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Malignant

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Dangerous a problem

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Degeneration

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To be getting worse

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Etiology

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The cause

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Remission

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To get better or improve.

Not a cure

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Idiopathic

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No known specific cause; it just happens

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Localized

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Stay in a certain area or part of the body

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Systemic/generalized

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All over the body

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Morbidity

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The risk of dying

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Prognosis

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The chances for things getting worse or better

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Occult

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Hidden

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Pathogen

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The organism that causes the problem.

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Lesion

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Diseased tissue

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Recurrent

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To have again

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Sequelae

seh-KWEL-ah

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A problem resulting from a disease or injury

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Pending

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Waiting for

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Disposition

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What happened to the patient at the end of the visit.

Home, ICU, hospital bed

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Discharge

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Unload
1send home
2fluid coming out of the body

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Prophylaxis

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Preventative treatment

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Palliative

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Treating the symptoms but not actually getting rid of the cause

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Observation

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Watch or keep an eye out

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Reassurance

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To tell the patient that the problem is not serious or dangerous

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Supportive care

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To treat the symptoms and make the patient feel better

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Sterile

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Extremely clean, germ free conditions

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Proximal

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Closer to the center and approximate come from the same word and mean close

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Distal

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Farther away from the Center distal and distant come from the same word meaning “far.”

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Lateral

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Out to the side

(Lateral the football) side

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Medial

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Toward the middle

Median on the highway

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Ventral
Antral
Anterior

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The front of the word central means “stomach”

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Dorsal

Posterior

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The back

Dorsal fin on a shark is on its back

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Cranial

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Toward the top

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Caudal

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Toward the bottom

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Superior

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Above

Top half

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Inferior

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Below

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Prone

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Laying down on the belly

Planking)

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Supine

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Lying down on back

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Contralateral

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Opposite side

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Ipsilateral

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Same side

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Unilateral

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One side

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Bilateral

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Both sides

Like both legs are fractured.

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Dorsum

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The top of the hand or foot

Palm down

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Plantar

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The sole of the foot

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Palmar

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The palm of the hand

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Sagittal

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Right to left

Sagitta Latin for arrow
Split the arrow in half

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Coronal

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Divides the body from front to back

Corona is Latin for crown.

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Transverse

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Divides the body from top to bottom

Body worlds with segments of body

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