Module 1 Pt 2

Question 1

It refer to organisms capable of causing disease in its host.

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Pathogenic Organisms

Question 2

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.

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Degenerative

Question 3

A new, often uncontrolled growth
of abnormal tissue; tumor.

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Neoplasm

Question 4

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.

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Metabolic Disease/disorder

Question 5

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

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Toxic Disease

Question 6

originate in the mind, having an emotional or psychologic origin in relation to a symptoms.

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Psychogenic Disease

Question 7

caused by physical injury.

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Traumatic Disease

Question 8

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.

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Nutritional Deficiency

Question 9

It result from the activity or treatments of physicians or other health-care providers.

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Iatrogenic Disease

Question 10

It refer to disorders whose causes are yet unknown

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Idiopathic Disease

Question 11

Present at birth

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Congenital Disease

Question 12

It results from excessive or inadequate levels of hormone production.

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Endocrine Disease

Question 13

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.

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Palpations

Question 14

It is listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope.

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Auscultations

Question 15

The act or technique of tapping the surface of a body part to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the resulting sound

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Percussion

Question 16

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.

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Reflex testing

Question 17

the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and
functional changes produced by them.

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Pathology

Question 18

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.

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Anatomic Pathology

Question 19

It is the cause of a disease or the science that deals with such causes.

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Etiology

Question 20

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.

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Disease

Question 21

The sequence of events that leads from cause, to structural and functional
abnormalities and finally to manifestation of disease.

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Pathogenesis

Question 22

Any objective evidence of disease.

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Sign

Question 23

A subjective evidence of disease

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Symptoms

Question 24

An aftereffect of a disease, condition, or injury.

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Sequela

Question 25

It connotes an illness that is of short duration, rapidly progressive, and in need of
urgent care

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Acute Disease

Question 26

It is one that lasts 3 months or more.

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Chronic Disease

Question 27

branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population.

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Epidemiology

Question 28

Native to or limited to a certain region

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Endemic

Question 29

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

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Epidemic

Question 30

A disease which occurs in single and scattered cases.

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Sporadic

Question 31

An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an
exceptionally high proportion of the population

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Pandemic

Question 32

The gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury.

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Convalescence

Question 33

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

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Prognosis

Question 34

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.

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Morbidity

Question 35

The number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause.

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Mortality

Question 36

A postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of
disease.

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Autopsy