The Basics
What is a condition that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms?
Disease
What is the term for a microorganism causing disease?
Pathogen
What is the term that refers to the study of the cause of disease?
Etiology
What is the term for the expected outcome of a disease?
Prognosis
The onset of a disease in a person who is already coping with another existing disease is called?
Complication
What are microorganisms that are multiplying in or on the host?
Infection
What is the investigation of structural alterations in cells, tissues, and organs, which can help identify the cause of a particular disease?
Pathology
Diseases that have no identifiable cause are termed?
Idiopathic
The sudden appearance of signs and symptoms that last only a short time is called?
Acute Disease
The unwanted outcomes of having a disease or are the result of trauma is referred to as?
Sequelae
What is the naming or identification of a disease?
Diagnosis
What is the pattern of tissue changes associated with the development of disease?
Pathogenesis
Diseases that occur as a result of medical treatment are called?
Iatrogenic
Disease process that develops more slowly and the signs and symptoms last for a long time, perhaps for a lifetime is termed?
Chronic disease
A group of symptoms that occur together and may be caused by several interrelated problems or a specific disease?
What are objective alterations that can be observed or measured by another person?
Signs
What are the signs and symptoms or evidence of disease?
Clinical Manifestations
Diseases that are acquired as a result of being in a hospital environment are called?
Nosocomial
Periods when symptoms of a disease disappear or diminish significantly is called?
Remissions
What term describes vague or nonspecific feelings and an awareness that there is a change within the body?
Insidious symptoms
What are subjective experiences reported by the person with disease, such as pain, nausea, or shortness of breath; and they vary from person to person?
Symptoms
Increase the probability that disease will occur, but these factors are not the cause of disease?
Risk factors
Term that describes an abnormality of function; this term also can refer to an illness or a particular problem?
Disorder
Periods when the symptoms of a disease process become worse or more severe is referred to as?
Exacerbations
The ability to resist infection by a disease?
Immunity