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20 Cards in this Set
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Benign |
Safe- noncancerous |
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Degeneration |
To be getting worse |
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Diagnosis |
What a healthcare professional thinks the patient has |
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Differential Diagnosis |
A list of conditions the patient may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam |
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Etiology |
The cause |
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Idiopathic |
No known specific cause- just happens |
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Impression |
Another way of saying assessment |
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Lesion |
Diseased tissue |
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Localized |
State in a certain part of the body |
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Malignant |
Dangerous; a problem-cancerous |
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Morbidity |
Risk for being sick |
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Mortality |
Risk for dying |
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Occult |
Hidden |
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Pathogen |
The organism that causes the problem |
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Pending |
Waiting for |
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Prognosis |
The chances for things getting better or worse |
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Recurrent |
To have again |
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Remission |
To get better or improve; does not mean cure |
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Sequelae |
A problem resulting from a disease or injury |
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Systemic/Generalized |
All over the body (or most of it) |
