A student is reviewing a patient's chart before giving care. She notes the following diagnoses in the contents of the chart: "appendicitis" and "acute pain." Which of the diagnoses is a medical diagnosis?
A) neither appendicitis nor acute pain C) appendicitis
B) both appendicitis and acute pain D) acute pain
C
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