Terminology For Patho Flashcards
Define Diagnosis
Refers to the ID of a specific disease through evaluation of signs and symptoms
Define etiology
The causative factors in a particular disease
Define Idiopathic
Cause of disease is unknown
Define Iatrogenic
When treatment, procedure, or an error causes a disease
Define pathogens is
Development of disease
Acute disease
Short term illness that develops quickly
What is a Chronic disease
Milder conditioned disease that develops gradually but persists a long time
Latent stage of disease
No clinical signs are evident
Prodromal period of disease
Early development of disease, when one is aware of a change in the body, signs are nonspecific
Remission period of disease
Manifestations, of the disease subside, permanently, or temporarily
Exacerbation
Worsening in severity of disease
Convalescence period
Recovery
What is a lesion
Specific local change i the tissue
Define sequelae
Potential long term effects following disease recovery
Define prognosis
Probability for recovery or other outcomes
Define morbidity
Disease rates within a group
Define mortality
Relative number of deaths resulting from a particular disease
Define Epidemiology
Science of tracking the pattern or occurrence of disease
Incidence vs prevelance
Incidence: number of new cases in a given population in a stated time period
Prevalence: Number of new and old or existing cases
