Classify disease Flashcards
Acute Disease
disease in which symptoms develop more rapidly and runs its course quickly
Chronic Disease
usually mild symptoms that develop slowly and last a long time
Subacute Disease
with time course and symptoms between acute and chronic
Asymptomatic Disease
without symptoms
Latent Disease
appears a long time after infection
Communicable disease
transmitted from one host to the other
Contagious Disease
easily spread
Noncommunicable Disease
arising from outside hosts or disease form opportunistic pathogen
Local Infection
Confined to a small region of the body
Systemic Infection
Widespread infection in many systems of the body, often travels in the blood or lymph
Focal Infection
serves as a source of pathogens for infections at other sites in the body
Primary Infection
initial infection within a given patient
Secondary Infection
Infections that follow a primary infection; often by opportunistic pathogens