Chapter 2 (Assessment Terms)

Question 1

impression

Answer 1

assessment

Question 2

diagnosis

Answer 2

what the health care professional thinks the patient has

Question 3

differential diagnosis

Answer 3

list of conditions the patient may have based on symptoms and results of exams

Question 4

benign

Answer 4

safe

Question 5

malignant

Answer 5

dangerous (a problem)

Question 6

degeneration

Answer 6

to be getting worse

Question 7

remission

Answer 7

to get better or improve (most often used when talking about cancer)

Question 8

idiopathic

Answer 8

no known specific causes (it just happens)

Question 9

localized

Answer 9

stays in a certain part of the body

Question 10

systemic

Answer 10

all over the body (or most of it)

Question 11

generalized

Answer 11

all over the body (or most of it)

Question 12

prognosis

Answer 12

the changes for things getting better or worse

Question 13

occult

Answer 13

hidden

Question 14

lesion

Answer 14

disease tissue

Question 15

recurrent

Answer 15

to have again

Question 16

sequela

Answer 16

problem resulting from a disease or injury

Question 17

pending

Answer 17

waiting for

Question 18

pathogen

Answer 18

the organism that causes the problem

Question 19

morbidity

Answer 19

the risk of being sick

Question 20

mortality

Answer 20

the risk of dying

Question 21

etiology

Answer 21

the cause