VOCAB 1
What is pathophysiology?
The study of functional changes in the body caused by injury, disorder, or disease
What are clinical manifestations?
The presenting signs and symptoms of disease
Which is an example of secondary prevention?
Screening and early treatment
What is hyperplasia?
An increase in cell number
What is necrosis?
Cell death related to cellular injury
What is pathogenesis?
The origination and development/course of an illness or disease
What is an exacerbation?
A flare-up of symptoms
What is tertiary prevention?
Rehabilitation to prevent complications or progression
What is hypertrophy?
An increase in cell size
What is cardiac hypertrophy?
An increase in cardiac muscle cell size
What does etiology mean?
The precise cause of a disease
What is epidemiology?
The study of disease in populations
What are reactive oxygen species (ROS)?
Toxic oxygen molecules/radicals formed during mitochondrial respiration
What is metaplasia?
A change from one cell type to another
What is cervical dysplasia?
Abnormal growth and disordered differentiation of dividing cells
What does multifactorial mean?
Having more than one cause
What does prevalence measure?
The number or percentage of a population with disease
What is oxidative stress?
Exposure to reactive oxygen species
What is dysplasia?
Change in cell size, shape, uniformity, arrangement, and structure
What is dyspnea?
Difficulty breathing
What does idiopathic mean?
Having no known cause
What is primary prevention?
Preventing a disease from occurring
What is atrophy?
A decrease in cell size
What is apoptosis?
Genetically programmed cell death
What is granulation tissue?
Connective tissue formed during wound repair