Module 1 Pt 2 Flashcards
It refer to organisms capable of causing disease in its host.
Pathogenic Organisms
the result of a continuous process based on degenerative cell changes, affecting tissues or organs, which will increasingly deteriorate over time. … Sometimes the main or partial cause behind such diseases is genetic.
Degenerative
A new, often uncontrolled growth
of abnormal tissue; tumor.
Neoplasm
can happen when abnormal chemical reactions in the body alter the normal metabolic process. It can also be defined as inherited single gene anomaly, most of which are autosomal recessive.
Metabolic Disease/disorder
It is caused by ingestion of a poison.
Ex: Inhalation of carbon monoxide from
an automobile exhaust in an enclosed garage may cause tissue hypoxia
Toxic Disease
originate in the mind, having an emotional or psychologic origin in relation to a symptoms.
Psychogenic Disease
caused by physical injury.
Traumatic Disease
result when an individual’s diet is inadequate in terms of the amount or type of proteins, essential amino acids,fatty acids, vitamins, minerals or water.
Nutritional Deficiency
It result from the activity or treatments of physicians or other health-care providers.
Iatrogenic Disease
It refer to disorders whose causes are yet unknown
Idiopathic Disease
Present at birth
Congenital Disease
It results from excessive or inadequate levels of hormone production.
Endocrine Disease
Examination with the hands, feeling for organs, masses, or infiltration of a part of the body, feeling the heart or pulse beat, or vibrations in the chest.
Palpations
It is listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope.
Auscultations
The act or technique of tapping the surface of a body part to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the resulting sound
Percussion
It incorporates an assessment of the function and interplay of both sensory and motor pathways. It is simple yet informative and can give important insights into the integrity of the nervous system at many different levels.
Reflex testing
the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and
functional changes produced by them.
Pathology
is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids such as blood and urine, as well as tissues, using the tools of chemistry, clinical microbiology, hematology and molecular pathology.
Anatomic Pathology
It is the cause of a disease or the science that deals with such causes.
Etiology
An abnormal condition of an organism which interrupts the normal bodily
functions that often leads to feeling of pain and weakness, and usually
associated with symptoms and signs.
Disease
The sequence of events that leads from cause, to structural and functional
abnormalities and finally to manifestation of disease.
Pathogenesis
Any objective evidence of disease.
Sign
A subjective evidence of disease
Symptoms
An aftereffect of a disease, condition, or injury.
Sequela
It connotes an illness that is of short duration, rapidly progressive, and in need of
urgent care
Acute Disease
It is one that lasts 3 months or more.
Chronic Disease
branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population.
Epidemiology
Native to or limited to a certain region
Endemic
The occurrence of more cases of a disease than would be expected in a
community or region during a given time period. Ex: A sudden severe outbreak
of a disease such as SARS
Epidemic
A disease which occurs in single and scattered cases.
Sporadic
An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an
exceptionally high proportion of the population
Pandemic
The gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury.
Convalescence
A prediction of the course of a disease following its onset. It refers to the possible
outcomes of a disease and the frequency with which they can be expected to occur
Prognosis
It refers to having a disease or a symptom of disease, or to the amount of
disease within a population. It also refers to medical problems caused by a
treatment.
Morbidity
The number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause.
Mortality
A postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of
disease.
Autopsy
