In medicine and nursing, gross and grossly have distinct meanings. Imprecisely, it means "very much", "so much", "definitely", "absolutely", "positively", "very noticeably", etc.
Patient records often contain these kind of examples:
NOTE: Doctor's notes are not written as complete sentences. Please do not edit these examples.
Any area of examination could include the adjectives of gross or grossly. In fact, sometimes if a patient's chief complaint is about one thing in particular, but the exam shows absolutely no reason for the symptom, the doctor will be more inclined to use gross or grossly as the adjective to describe "absolutely nothing found" or "absolutely normal".
Grossly preserved means that to the naked eye, it looks intact.
It means that there are no problems obvious tot he naked eye.
Your eyes, when looking straight forward, can normally see an area comparable to a half-circle from left to right. The areas left and right of your direct line of vision in front of you are the areas of your 'peripheral vision'. If these are 'grossly intact' it's good news, 'grossly' meaning 'roughly speaking'.
On a chest x-ray, this means that the bones are seen as normal, without pathology.
“Cognitive function grossly intact” generally refers to an individual having normal cognitive abilities without significant impairment or cognitive decline. It implies that the person’s cognitive functions, such as memory, attention, and reasoning, are functioning within normal limits for their age and level of education.
This note is good news; it means the physical examination of the function of your cranial nerves was normal.
Gross means appearance without the aid of a magnifying instrument. An example of this is gross anatomy, which is a study of how the body looks without the aid of a microscope. Grossly maintained means that upon initial inspection it was maintained
pancreas grossly normal
Grossly tender means it obviously hurts when touched.
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Grossly benign means that to the naked eye, it does not appear dangerous.
Grossly unremarkable means there is nothing interesting to talk about, its normal.