Disease terms

Question 1

Symptom

Answer 1

subjective evidence of a disease that can only be communicated by the patient

Question 2

Sign

Answer 2

objective evidence of disease that can be evaluated or measured

Question 3

Syndrome

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Diagnosis

Answer 4

the identification of a disease

Question 5

Differential diagnosis

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Prognosis

Answer 6

prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder

Question 7

Acute

Answer 7

conditions with rapid onset, sever course and relatively short duration

Question 8

Chronic

Answer 8

condition of long duration, could be controlled but rarely cured

Question 9

Remission

Answer 9

temporary , partial or complete disappearance of symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure

Question 10

Disease

Answer 10

condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally

Question 11

Eponym

Answer 11

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