chapter 1 Flashcards

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Diagnosis

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The determination of the nature of the disease based on many factors including signs symptoms and often laboratory results

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Prognosis

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The predicted course and outcome of a disease

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Pathology

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The branch of medicine that studies the characteristics causes and effects of the disease

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Idiopathic

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Term used to describe a disease for which the cause is not known

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Symptom

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Indication of disease perceived by the patient such as pain dizziness and itching

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Disequilibrium

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In a state of unbalance in life

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Etiology

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The cause of the disease

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Syndrome

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Combination of symptoms

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Chronic disease

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Disease that may begin insidiously and be long-lived

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Relapse

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Occurs when a disease returns weeks or months after it’s apparent cessation

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Complications

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Diseases that developing a patient already suffering from a disease

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Anatomy

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Study of normal structure of the body

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Genetics

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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

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Sign

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Objective evidence of disease observed on physical examination, such as abnormal pulse or fever

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Sequela

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The aftermath of particular disease to The heart after rheumatic fever

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Remission

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The period of a kind of disease when. Signs and symptoms subside

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Exacerbation

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The period of a chronic disease when signs and symptoms occur in all their severity

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Homeostasis

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The maintenance of a steady-state within the body

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Equilibrium

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And balance… In a state of constant homeostasis

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Morbidity

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The number who become sick or disabled from a disease per 100,000

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Acute disease

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Disease is that had a sudden onset and a short duration

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Remission

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The period of a kind of disease when signs and symptoms subside

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Congenial

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Diseases that appear at birth or shortly after you’re not caused by genetic or chromosomal abnormality’s

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Anatomy

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Study of the normal function of the body

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Mutated

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Change in the DNA structure that may be inherited and cause disease

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Terminal disease

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Disease that ends in death :-(

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Pallor

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Whitening of skin