Medical Record Definitions

Question 1

acute

Answer 1

sharp, intense, severe, of short duration

Question 2

chronic

Answer 2

slowly developing and persistent over a long time

Question 3

benign

Answer 3

mild and/or not cancerous

Question 4

malignant

Answer 4

harmful and/or cancerous

Question 5

etiology

Answer 5

cause of disease or condition

Question 6

remission

Answer 6

period in which signs and symptoms stop or lessen

Question 7

febrile

Answer 7

relating to a fever

Question 8

gross

Answer 8

large, visible to the naked eye

Question 9

idiopathic

Answer 9

a condition without a clearly defined cause

Question 10

systematic

Answer 10

relating to the whole body, not localized

Question 11

malaise

Answer 11

a feeling of unwellness that is often the first symptom indicating illness

Question 12

morbidity

Answer 12

a state of disease

Question 13

mortality

Answer 13

can die

Question 14

prognosis

Answer 14

foreknowledge, prediction of likely outcome

Question 15

prophylaxis

Answer 15

intervention to prevent disease

Question 16

sequela

Answer 16

disorder or condition resulting after (and usually from) another condition or disease

Question 17

sign

Answer 17

objective evidence of disease

Question 18

symptom

Answer 18

patient’s subjective evidence of disease

Question 19

syndrome

Answer 19

symptoms and/or signs that characterize a particular disease or condition