Ch 1: Disease Vocabulary

Question 1

Sequelae

Answer 1

Adverse outcomes of a disease that come later

Question 2

Etiology

Answer 2

Cause of disease

Question 3

Idiopathic

Answer 3

Cause of a disease is unknown

Question 4

iatrogenic

Answer 4

Cause of a disease is the byproduct of medical treatment

Question 5

Nosocomial

Answer 5

A disease that originates while the patient is hospitalized

Question 6

Incidence

Answer 6

Number of cases of a disease that appear in a year

Question 7

Prevalence

Answer 7

Number of people with a disease at a given moment

Question 8

Morbidity

Answer 8

Number of people with an illness/complication

Question 9

Mortality

Answer 9

number of people dying from a disease in a particular period of time

Question 10

Prognosis

Answer 10

Probability of recovery, death, or other outcome for a disease

Question 11

Symptoms

Answer 11

Complaints reported by the patient or by someone else on behalf of the patient

Question 12

Signs

Answer 12

Objective data: Observations by an examiner, lab data, images, ekg, etc.

Question 13

Gross Examination

Answer 13

Examination done by naked eye

Question 14

Autopsy

Answer 14

after death dissection of the body to determine the cause of death

Question 15

Biopsy

Answer 15

Examination of living tissue

Question 16

Syndrome

Answer 16

Distinctive collection of symptoms, signs, and data

Question 17

Sensitivity

Answer 17

Ability of a test to be positive in the presence of disease

Question 18

Specificity

Answer 18

Ability of a test to be negative in the absence of the disease

Question 19

Predictive Value

Answer 19

Ability for a test to predict the correct result