terminology

Question 1

what is the study of how diseases alter normal physiological processes of the human body

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pathophysiology

Question 2

what is a term for disease

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pathos

Question 3

what is a term for function of the body

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physiology

Question 4

what is a sequence of cellular and tissue events that take place from initial contact with causative agent until expression of the disease

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pathogenesis

Question 5

what is the sum of knowledge of method of introduction of cause of disease

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etiology

Question 6

what is cause of disease is unknown

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idiopathic

Question 7

what is diseases that occur as a result of medical treatment

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iatrogenic

Question 8

what is diseases acquired as a consequence of being in the hospital

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nosocomial

Question 9

what is naming or identification of disease

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diagnosis

Question 10

what is prediction of the course and end of a sides and the estimate of change for recovery

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prognosis

Question 11

what is onset rapid, duration short term signs and sysmtpons often intense prognosis self limiting

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acute disease

Question 12

what is slow onset, characterized by periods of exacerbations and remission usually there is some permanent impairment

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chronic disease

Question 13

what is periods where symptoms disappear or diminish significantly

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remissions

Question 14

what are periods when the symptoms become worse or more severe

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exacerbations

Question 15

what is onset of a disease in a person who is already coping with another existing disease

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complication

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what is unwanted outcomes of having disease or trauma

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sequela

Question 17

what is s/s or evidence of disease

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clinical manifestation

Question 18

what is any objective evidence of the disease which can be taken in through the senses
local- redness or swelling
systemic-fever

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sign

Question 19

what is any subjective evidence of a patients condition

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symptom

Question 20

what is the time during which a person experiences vague symptom much as fatigue or loss of appetite before the onset of specific s/s of a disease

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prodromal period

Question 21

what is the vague or nonspecific feelings and an awareness that there is a change within the body

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insidious symtpoms

Question 22

what is the time during which no symptoms are readily apparent in the affected person, but the disease is nevertheless present in the body

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latent period

Question 23

what is a group of symptoms that occur together and may be caused by several interrelated problems or a specific disease

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syndrome

Question 24

what is an abnormality of function

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disorder

Question 25

what is the study of tracking patterns or disease occurrence and transmission around populations and by geographic areas

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epidemiology

Question 26

what is the number of new cases occurring in a specific period

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incidence

Question 27

what is the number of existing cases within a population during a specific period

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prevalence

Question 28

what is the factors that increase the probability that disease will occur, but are not the cause of the disease

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risk factors(predisposing factors)

Question 29

what are a condition or event that does cause a pathologic event or disorder

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precipitating factor

Question 30

what is a factor that may be present or absent for an illness to occur. it may be biological, chemical, physical mechanical or psychosocial

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agent

Question 31

what is the living beings capable of being infected or affected by an agent

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host

Question 32

what is everything external to the host that makes illness more or less likely

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enviornment