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symptom

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subjective evidencve that could only be comunicatied by the patient

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sign

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objective evidence of disease that can be evaluated or measured

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sydrome

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set of the signs and sympoms that occur together at part of a disease process

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diagnosis

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the identification of a disease

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differentcal diagnisis

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an attemps to determine which of several diseases could be causing the sgins and symptoms

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prognusis

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prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder

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acute

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condition with rapid onset,severe couse and relatively shout durations

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chronic

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condition of long deration could be controlled but rarely cured.

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remission

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temporary partail or complete disppearance of the symptoms of a disease wwithout naving achived a cure

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disease

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condition in which one or more body part are not functioning normally

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eponym

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a disease, structure, opperation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first

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acornym

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a word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compu=ound term or phrase

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