chapter 1 Flashcards
Diagnosis
The determination of the nature of the disease based on many factors including signs symptoms and often laboratory results
Prognosis
The predicted course and outcome of a disease
Pathology
The branch of medicine that studies the characteristics causes and effects of the disease
Idiopathic
Term used to describe a disease for which the cause is not known
Symptom
Indication of disease perceived by the patient such as pain dizziness and itching
Disequilibrium
In a state of unbalance in life
Etiology
The cause of the disease
Syndrome
Combination of symptoms
Chronic disease
Disease that may begin insidiously and be long-lived
Relapse
Occurs when a disease returns weeks or months after it’s apparent cessation
Complications
Diseases that developing a patient already suffering from a disease
Anatomy
Study of normal structure of the body
Genetics
Pretraining to genes or any of their effects. Genes is the smallest physical piece of heredity. It determines what teachers will be passed onto our children as well as which ones we have gained from my biological parents
Sign
Objective evidence of disease observed on physical examination, such as abnormal pulse or fever
Sequela
The aftermath of particular disease to The heart after rheumatic fever
Remission
The period of a kind of disease when. Signs and symptoms subside
Exacerbation
The period of a chronic disease when signs and symptoms occur in all their severity
Homeostasis
The maintenance of a steady-state within the body
Equilibrium
And balance… In a state of constant homeostasis
Morbidity
The number who become sick or disabled from a disease per 100,000
Acute disease
Disease is that had a sudden onset and a short duration
Remission
The period of a kind of disease when signs and symptoms subside
Congenial
Diseases that appear at birth or shortly after you’re not caused by genetic or chromosomal abnormality’s
Anatomy
Study of the normal function of the body
Mutated
Change in the DNA structure that may be inherited and cause disease
Terminal disease
Disease that ends in death :-(
Pallor
Whitening of skin