cdc

Question 1

symptom

Answer 1

a physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient.

Question 2

sign

Answer 2

objective evidence of disease that can be evaluated or measured

Question 3

syndrome

Answer 3

a group of symptoms which consistently occur together, or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms.

Question 4

diagnosis

Answer 4

the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.

Question 5

differential diagnosis

Answer 5

the process of differentiating between two or more conditions which share similar signs or symptoms.

Question 6

prognosis

Answer 6

Prognosis is a medical term for predicting the likelihood or expected development of a disease

Question 7

acute

Answer 7

having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight; shrewd.

Question 8

chronic

Answer 8

A chronic condition is a health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time. The term chronic is often applied when the course of the disease lasts for more than three months.

Question 9

remission

Answer 9

Remission is either the reduction or disappearance of the signs and symptoms of a disease.

Question 10

disease

Answer 10

a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that has a known cause and a distinctive group of symptoms, signs, or anatomical changes.

Question 11

eponym

Answer 11

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.

Question 12

acronym

Answer 12

an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word