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Six Medical Terms likely encountered by a Medical
Assistant:

1.  Symptom: (L. and Gr. Symptoma
Anything that has befallen one).  Subjective evidence of a disease or a patient’s
condition.

Explanation:  a symptom is an
abnormal condition that the patient experiences as a result of disease.  For example
headache can be a symptom of brain tumor, abdominal pain a symptom of
appendicitis.

2.  Sign: (L. signum).  Any
objective evidence of a condition or disease that is perceptible to the examining
physician, as opposed to the subjective sensation (symptom) of the
disease.

Explanation:  A heart murmur (heard
through the stethoscope) may be a sign of valvular heart disease, for which chest pain
on exertion might be a symptom.

3.  Acute: (L.
acutus sharp).  Having a short and relatively severe
course.

Explanation:  As used in medicine,
“acute” refers to brief duration or sudden onset of symptoms or disease, and not so much
as the severity of the symptom or condition.

4. 
Chronic: (L. chronicus, Gr. Chronos time).  Persisting over a long
time.

Explanation:  A chronic disease or
condition is one that has been present for a long time, usually weeks to months rather
than days or hours (acute).  For example, appendicitis is considered an acute disease
(acute appendicitis), whereas cancer has a chronic
course.

5.  Etiology:  (Gr. Aitia cause +
logy).  The study or the theory of the factors that cause disease; and the method of
their introduction to the host. The cause(s) or origin of a disease or
disorder.

Explanation:  A medical chart might
state that a disease or condition has an infectious etiology, indicating that the
disease is caused by the introduction of infectious
organisms.

6.  Iatrogenic: (iatro + Gr. Gennan
to produce).  Resulting from the activity of physicians.  Currently applied to any
adverse condition in a patient occurring as the result of treatment by a physician or
surgeon; especially to infections acquired by the patient during
treatment.

Example:  The patient’s sepsis (blood
poisoning) was iatrogenic, occurring as a complication of his infected intravenous fluid
line.

Reference:  Doorland’s Illustrated Medical
Dictionary, 32nd. Edition, El Sevier-Mosby-Saunders, 2011.