Chapter 1: Intro to A&P

Question 1

Acute

Answer 1

A disease of short duration by typically severe.

Question 2

Chemotherapy

Answer 2

The treatment of disease or mental disorder by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs.

Question 3

Chronic

Answer 3

Illness persisting for a long time or constantly recurring. Often contrasted with acute.

Question 4

Epidemiology

Answer 4

The branch of science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of disease and other factors relating to health.

Question 5

Etiology

Answer 5

The science and study of the cause of diseases.

Question 6

Idiopathic

Answer 6

Denoting any disease or condition of unknown cause.

Question 7

Morbidity

Answer 7

The state of being diseased or unhealthy, or the incidence of disease in a population.

Question 8

Pathophysiology

Answer 8

The functional changes that accompany a particular syndrome or disease.

Question 9

Syndrome

Answer 9

A condition characterized by a group of associated symptoms.