gen path - basic concepts keywords

Question 1

Anatomy

Answer 1

study of the structure of living things

Question 2

Pathology

Answer 2

the study of diseases, figuring out what causes them, how they develop, and what happens when things go wrong in the body

Question 3

Clinical pathology

Answer 3

a specific study within the realm of pathology that looks at diseases through lab tests (blood tests, urine tests, etc)

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Pathogenesis

Answer 4

the understanding of how diseases start and progress thru the body

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Health

Answer 5

feeling good physically, mentally and socially

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Illness

Answer 6

not feeling well, sickness, mentally unwell

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Disease

Answer 7

a sickness that is measurable and objectively wrong

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Acute illness

Answer 8

sudden sickness that doesn’t last too long

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Sub-acute illness

Answer 9

a sickness that seems to drag on

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Chronic illness

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a sickness / unwellness that lasts for a while or forever

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Homeostasis

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your body’s state of equilibrium

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general adaptation syndrome

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how your body reacts to stress and how it goes thru different stages to cope with it

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Etiology

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the study of the causes of diseases

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Diagnosis

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identifying what disease / illness you have based on tests and symptoms

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Prognosis

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a prediction of how your illness may progress / the future of your health

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Complication

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when something else comes up and makes your current health issue more complicated

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Sequelae

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long term effects or consequences after an injury / illness

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Clinical manifestations

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signs and symptoms that doctors use to determine what’s wrong with you

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Signs

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measurable / visible things that can be noticed about your health

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Symptoms

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how you feel (fatigue, pain, etc)

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Epidemiology

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studying how diseases spread and why they happen in certain groups of people

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Idiopathic

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when doctors don’t know the cause of a disease

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Iatrogenic

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when a medical treatment causes another health problem on accident

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Congenital

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health issue you’re born with

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Acquired

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problems acquired after birth

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Nosocomial

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infections acquired in a hospital

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Incidence

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the number of new occurrences / cases of a condition in a population over a period of time

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Prevalence

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the number of a condition at a given point in time; overall number of cases in a population