SOAP Note Words Flashcards
Afebrile
Without fever
Auscultation
The act of listening with a stethoscope
Benign
Not harmful
Degeneration
Process of falling apart
Differential
Separating one thing from another
Disposition
Frame of mind; outcome
Dyslipidemia
Condition of abnormal fats in the blood
Etiology
Study of origins of an illness
Febrile
With fever
Hypertension
Blood pressure that is too high
Hypotension
Blood pressure that is too low
Hypoxia
Oxygen concentration in blood that is too low
Impression
Observations made by clinician
Lesion
Damage or injury
Malignant
Harmful
Marked
Especially noticeable
Noncontributory
Not relevant to patient’s illness
Occult
Hidden in an unexpected place
Oriented
Patient knows when, where, who they are
Palliative
Care designed to make patient more comfortable
Palpation
Examining by touching
Pathogen
Organism that gives rise to the disease
Percussion
Examining by tapping
Prognosis
Predicting future of disease
Prophylaxis
Treatment to prevent or discourage disease
Sequelae
Things that come out one after another; result of an illness
Syndrome
Symptoms which occur together
Systemic
Pertaining to entire organ system or body
Unremarkable
Not prominent, not important
Vasodilation
Increase diameter of a blood vessel