Vocab Unit 1

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Pathogenesis

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Development of disease

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Predisposing factors

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Tendencies that promote development of a disease in an individual

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Idiopathic

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Cause of disease unknown

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Iatrogenic

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A treatment, procedure, or error causes disease

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Acute

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Develops quickly, more severe; short-term

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Chronic disease

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Develops gradually, milder, longer-term

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Subclinical state

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Pathological change but no obvious manifestation

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Latent state

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No symptoms or clinical signs

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Signs

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Objective what you can see

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Symptoms

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Subjective feelings

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Syndrome

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Collection of signs and symptoms, often affects more than one organ

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Precipitating factor

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Condition that triggers an acute episode

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Sequelae

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Potential unwanted outcomes of primary condition

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Morbidity

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Disease rates within a group

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Mortality

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The number of death resulting from disease

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Epidemics

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Occurs when there are higher than expected number of cases of an infectious disease with in a given area

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Pandemics

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Involve a higher number of cases of many regions of the globe

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Occurrence

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Tracked by incidence and prevalence

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Incidents

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Number of new cases

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Prevalence

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Number of new and old cases

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Ischemia

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Decreased oxygenated blood in cells

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Hypoxia

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Reduced oxygenated blood in tissue

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Necrosis

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Group of cells die

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Infarction

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Area of dead cells resulting from lack of oxygen