Chapter 1:Basics Flashcards
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Chronic
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(Opposite of acute) prolonging
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Acute
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Sudden, sharp, severe
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Adhesion
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Stuck together
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Ambulatory
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Being able to walk.
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Antiseption
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Limit infections (tech. Product)
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Asepsis
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Sterile
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Axillary
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Armpit
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Biopsy
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Removal small part of tissue for micro.
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Disease
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Lack of ease
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Diagnosis
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Determined cause of disease
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Prognosis
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Prediction
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Etiology
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Study of diseases
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Febrile
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Sustained body temp. ^ 98.6 f
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Illness
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State of being sick
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Pallor
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Lack of color
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Prophylactic
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Preventing against disease
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Pyrogenic
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Heat, fever.
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Syndrome
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Group of signs/symptoms occurring together that characterized a specific disease or pathological condition.
