Basic Terminology and classes of diseases Flashcards
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signs
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objective evidence from physical examination
2
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symptoms
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are subjective indications of disease reported by the patient
3
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syndrome
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certain sets of signs and symptoms occur concurrently in some diseases
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mortality
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measure of death attributed to disease
-death, esp. on a large scale-
“the causes of mortality among infants and young children”
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morbidity
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measure of disability….
-The frequency with which a disease appears in a population
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incidence
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number of new cases of disease
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prevalence
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total number of cases of disease
8
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pathogenesis
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- sequence of cellular and tissue events that take place from the time of contact with etiologic agent, and the ultimate expression of disease
