SUBJECTIVE
It just started, recent, or is a sharp, severe symptom
Acute
To be able to answer questions; interactive
Alert
Stays in a certain part of the body
Localized
To watch, keep an eye on
Observation, To observe
The position is a person standing facing forward, arms at the side with palms forward.
Anatomical Position
It runs in the family [Hereditary]
Genetic
Being aware of who he or she is, where he or she is, and the current time.
Oriented
Safe, not malignant
Benign
Extremely clean, germ free
Sterile
Divides the body in to left and right sides
Sagittal Plane
Something a patient feels
Symptom
To listen
No known cause
Idiopathic
Treatment of symptoms, but not treating the cause
Palliative
Divides the body into front and back
Frontal/Coronal Plane
It is getting worse
Exacerbation
Another way of saying normal
Unremarkable
Hidden
Occult
To unload [ie. To send home from the hospital]
Discharge
Divides the body into top and bottom
Transverse Plane
Not feeling well
Malaise
To Feel
Palpation
A problem resulting form a disease or injury
Sequelae
Preventative Treatment
Prophylaxis
Another term for the posterior side of the body
Dorsal