Basic Medical Terms To Describe Disease Conditions Flashcards
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Disease, Structure, or Procedure name for the person who discovered or described it first
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Eponym
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Subjective evidence of a disease evaluated or measured only by the patient, such as pain
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Symptoms
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Describe conditions of long duration that are rarely cured
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Chronic
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Describe conditions that have a rapid onset, server course, and relatively short duration
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Acute
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Objective evidence of a disease evaluated or measured by the patient or others, such as a fever
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Sign
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Identification of a disease
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Diagnosis
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Word formed from the initial letter of a set of words
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Acronym
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Prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder
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Prognosis
