Existence, onset, duration, and epidemiology

Question 1

Term denoting the identification of a disease or syndrome to recognize the nature of a disease

Answer 1

Diagnosis

Question 2

Prediction of the outcome of a disease

Answer 2

Prognosis

Question 3

Subjective indications of the presence of a disease

Answer 3

Symptoms

Question 4

Objective indications of the presence of a disease

Answer 4

Signs

Question 5

Set of signs and symptoms associates with a particular disease

Answer 5

Syndrome

Question 6

Increase in the severity of a disease

Answer 6

Exacerbation

Question 7

A cessation of the symptoms of a disease

Answer 7

Remission

Question 8

Existing at the time of birth or shortly thereafter

Answer 8

Congenital

Question 9

Disease condition or abnormality that is not hereditary or innate

Answer 9

Acquired

Question 10

Reappearance of symptoms after a period of remission

Answer 10

Recurrent

Question 11

Disease with rapid onset and short duration

Answer 11

Acute

Question 12

Disease with slow onset and long duration

Answer 12

Chronic

Question 13

Rapid and severe onset, usually fatal

Answer 13

Fulminating

Question 14

Disease that is continuously present in a given population

Answer 14

Endemic

Question 15

Higher than normal appearance of an infectious disease or condition within a given population

Answer 15

Epidemic

Question 16

Widespread epidemic, possible worldwide

Answer 16

Pandemic

Question 17

Disease that occurs in a random isolated manner

Answer 17

Sporadic

Question 18

Number of cases of a disease present in a specifies population at any given time

Answer 18

Prevelance

Question 19

Number of deaths in a given time or place or proportion of deaths to a population
-How many died

Answer 19

Mortality rate

Question 20

Number of cases per year of a certain disease in relation to the population in which they occur
-How many got it

Answer 20

Morbidity rate

Question 21

Of unknown cause

Answer 21

Idiopathic