Health and Disease Flashcards
1
Q
Aetiology
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Cause of disease
2
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Pathogenesis
A
How the disease develops
3
Q
Symptom
A
What the patient feels
4
Q
Sign
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What the doctor sees
5
Q
Diagnosis
A
Define the abnormality to the patient and scientifically
6
Q
Prognosis
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Predict the patients outcome and treat on this basis
7
Q
Pathology
A
Study of disease
8
Q
Lesion
A
The abnormality
9
Q
Macroscopic
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Seen with the naked eye
10
Q
Microscopic
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Seen with magnification
11
Q
Biochemical
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Seen at the chemical level
12
Q
Pathophysiological
A
Functional
13
Q
Natural disease
A
6 broad categories but are specific entities
14
Q
Inflammation
A
Succession of changes in living tissue when it is injured to protect against further damage eg Neisseria Meningitidis infection
15
Q
Circulatory disturbances
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Abnormalities of blood flow, vessel wall, components of blood eg MI
