Health and Disease Flashcards
1
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Define diagnosis
A
Define abnormality consistently - identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examining symptoms.
2
Q
Define prognosis
A
Predict outcome - the likely course of a medical condition
3
Q
Define aetiology
A
Cause of disease
4
Q
Define pathogenesis
A
How disease develops
5
Q
Define symptom
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What patient feels/notices
6
Q
Define sign
A
Our observations - what doctors observe
7
Q
Define natural history and classification of disease
A
Natural - inflammatory, disorders of circulation, disorders of cell growth, degenerative disorders and development.
Conditions that don’t occur naturally - unnatural - traumatic or latrogenic
