Disease terms Flashcards

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Symptom

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Subjective evidence of a disease that can only be communicated by the patient
(How the patient feels)
Example: patient- “I feel feverous”

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Sign

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Objective evidence of disease that can be evaluated or measured
Observations
(What is actually happening)
Examples: The patient actually has a fever that was measured

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Syndrome

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Set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a disease process

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Diagnosis

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The identification of a disease

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Differential diagnosis

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An attempt to determine which of several diseases could be causing the signs and symptoms

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Prognosis

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The predication of the probable course and outcome of a disorder.

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Acute

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The condition with rapid onset, severe course and relatively short duration.
(Treatable, short term)

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Chronic

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Condition of long duration, could be controlled but rarely cured.

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Remission

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Temporary, partial or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure.

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Disease

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Condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally.

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Eponym

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A disease, structure, operation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first.

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