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Pathophysiology
Study of mechanisms of disease
Acute manifestations
Manifestations that begin abruptly and lasts a few days to a few months
Local manifestations
Manifestations found directly at the site and are confined to one area
Mortality
Death
Pathogen
Disease-causing organism
Anatomy
study of body structures
Prognosis
Prediction of how well the patient will proceed through the disease process
Morbidity
Negative outcome with disease complications
Systemic manifestations
Manifestations presenting throughout the body
Chronic disease
Disease that lasts longer than 6 months and has insidious onset
Diagnosis
A label for a disease
Clinical manifestations
Signs and symptoms of a disease
Remission
Symptom-free period
Etiology
The cause of a disease
Exacerbations
Flaring up of symptoms
Risk factors
Vulnerabilities to a certain condition
Homeostasis
Body's response to stimuli that keeps the body in a balanced state
Concept
General idea that can be applied to similar situation
Epidemiology
Study of disease in populations
Pandemic
Epidemic that spread across continents
pathogenesis
Beginning of the disease
Idiopathic
No known etiology
Health
Perceived wholeness of body, mind, spirit
Illness
Perceived state that results in suffering or distress
Epidemic
Dramatic increase in disease incidence in a population