Health and Disease

Question 1

Define aetiology

Answer 1

The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.

Question 2

Define pathogenesis

Answer 2

The manner of development of a disease.

Question 3

Define symptoms

Answer 3

A physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient.

Question 4

Define signs

Answer 4

Something found during a physical exam or from a laboratory test that shows that a person may have a condition or disease.

Question 5

Define diagnosis

Answer 5

Act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms

Question 6

Define prognosis

Answer 6

The likely outcome or course of a disease; the chance of recovery or recurrence.

Question 7

Define natural history

Answer 7

A study that follows a group of people over time who have, or are at risk of developing, a specific medical condition or disease. A natural history study collects health information in order to understand how the medical condition or disease develops and how to treat it.

Question 8

Define classification of disease

Answer 8

In a classification of diseases, each disease is included as a specific code. Such a code may be used by physicians to specify a diagnosis