Medicine vocabulary · History Taking and Examination
Unremarkable
Meaning in medicine, with examples
/ˌʌnrɪˈmɑːrkəbəl/adjectiveAdvanced term
In medicine, unremarkable means: Normal, with nothing unusual or worrying found; used in examination notes and test reports.
In Turkish: olağan, normal, özellik yok
How it is used
Very common in written reports: 'CT head unremarkable', 'the rest of the examination was unremarkable'. In speech doctors also say 'normal' or 'nothing of note'.
Example sentences
Cardiovascular and respiratory examination was unremarkable.
Her chest X-ray is unremarkable.
Common collocations
otherwise unremarkable
unremarkable examination
unremarkable CT
remains unremarkable
Related terms
findingsThe facts discovered by examining a patient or doing a test, such as a sound heard in the chest or a shadow on an X-ray.
physical examinationThe part of a consultation where the doctor looks at, feels, taps and listens to the patient's body to find signs of disease.
normal rangeThe span of test values found in most healthy people, against which a patient's result is compared.
investigationA test or examination, such as a blood test or a scan, done to find the cause of a patient's problem or to check their condition.
