Disease Process

Question 1

Disease (1)

Answer 1

disturbance of structure or of function of the body or its constituent parts

Question 2

Disease (2)

Answer 2

lack of faulty or inadequate adaptation of the organisms to his environment

Question 3

Disease (3)

Answer 3

failure of the adaptive mechanism to adequately counteract the stimuli or stresses to which it is subject resulting in disturbances in function and structure of any part, organ or system of the body

Question 4

Morbidity

Answer 4

condition of being diseased

Question 5

Morbidity

Answer 5

the proportion of disease to health in a community

Question 6

Mortality

Answer 6

condition or quality of being subject to death

Question 7

Ecology

Answer 7

the science of organisms as affected by factors in their environment; deals with the relationship between disease and geographical environment

Question 8

Epidemiology

Answer 8

study of the patterns of health and disease, its occurrence and distribution in man, for the purpose of control and prevention of disease

Question 9

Susceptibility

Answer 9

the agree of resistance the potential host has against the pathogen

Question 10

Etiologic Agent

Answer 10

one that possesses the potential for producing injury or disease

Question 11

Virulence

Answer 11

relative power or the degree of pathogenicity of the invading microorganism, the ability to produce poisons that repel or destroy phagocytosis

Question 12

Symptomatology

Answer 12

the study of symptoms

Question 13

Symptoms (1)

Answer 13

any disorder of appearance, sensation or function experienced by the pt, indicative of a certain phase of a disease

Question 14

Symptoms (2)

Answer 14

manifestation of perceptible changes in the body which indicate the presence of a disease or disorder

Question 15

Recovery

Answer 15

implies that the person has observable or known effects from his illness, there is apparent restoration to the pre-illness state

Question 16

Sign

Answer 16

an objective symptom or objective evidence or physical manifestation made apparent by special methods of examination

Question 17

Syndrome (1)

Answer 17

a set of symptoms, the sum of which constitutes a disease

Question 18

Syndrome (2)

Answer 18

a group of symptoms which commonly occur together

Question 19

Syndrome (3)

Answer 19

a group of signs and symptoms which when considered together characterized a disease

Question 20

Pathology

Answer 20

the branch of medicine which deals with the cause, nature, treatment and resultant structural and functional changes of disease

Question 21

Pathogenesis

Answer 21

method of origin and development of a disease, including sequence of processes or events from inception to the development of characteristic lesion or disease

Question 22

Diagnosis

Answer 22

art or act of determining the nature of a disease, recognition of a diseased state.

Question 23

Sequela

Answer 23

the consequence that follows the normal course of an illness

Question 24

Complication

Answer 24

a condition that occurs during or after the course of illness

Question 25

Prognosis

Answer 25

prediction of the course and end of a disease, medical opinion as to the course of a disease process

Question 26

Recovery

Answer 26

implies that the person has observable or known effects from his illness, there is
apparent restoration to the pre-illness state.

Question 27

Organic

Answer 27

other;

results from changes in the normal structure, from recognizable anatomical changes in an organ or tissue of the body

Question 28

Functional

Answer 28

other;

no anatomical changes are observed to account for the symptoms present, may result from abnormal responses to stimuli

Question 29

Occupational

Answer 29

other;

results from factors associated with the occupation engaged in by the client

Question 30

Familial

Answer 30

other;

occurs in universal individuals of the same family

Question 31

Venereal

Answer 31

other;

usually acquired through sexual relation

Question 32

Epidemic

Answer 32

other;

attacks a large number of individuals in a community at the same time

Question 33

Endemic

Answer 33

other;

present a more or less continuously or recurs in a community

Question 34

Pandemic

Answer 34

other;

an epidemic disease which extremely widespread involving as entire country or continent

Question 35

Sporadic

Answer 35

other;

a disease in which only occasional cases occur