CDC Terminology Flashcards

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Symptom

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Subjective evidence of a disease that can only be communicated by the patient

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Sign

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Objective evidence of disease that ca be evaluated or measured( blood pressure, heart rate)

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Syndrome

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Set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a disease process

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Diagnosis

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The Identification of a disease

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Differential Diagnosis

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An attempt to determine which of several diseases could be causing the signs and symptoms.

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Prognosis

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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 course and relatively short duration

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Chronic

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Condition of long duration, could be controlled but rarely cured.

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Remission

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Temporary, partial or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a core.

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Disease

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Condition in which one or more body parts are not functionally normally

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Eponym

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A disease, structure, operation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first

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Acronym

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A word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term or phrase

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