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