Straightforward Definitions
A physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient
A behavior, environmental exposure, or inherent human characteristic that increases the chance of developing an adverse health outcome
What is Risk Factor
A prefix meaning “on, upon, or befall"
What is Epi
BOH
What is Board of Health
An infection that inflames your lungs' air sacs
What is Pneumonia
A highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh, and often occurring in epidemics
What is Influenza
The manner in which someone behaves toward or deals with someone or something
What is Treatment
A root meaning “the people”
What is Demos
CDC
What is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
An infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine
What is Cholera
The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in human populations and the application of this study to the prevention and control of health problems
What is Epidemiology
Involve descriptive and analytic methods that draw on statistical techniques for describing data and evaluating hypotheses, biological principles, and causal theory.
What is Epidemiologic investigations
A suffix meaning “the study of"
What is Logos
EPA
What is Environmental Protection Agency
A serious infection caused by the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii
What is Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Someone who focuses on identifying the source or exposure of disease, disability, or death, the number of persons exposed, and the potential for further spread
What is Epidemiologist
Treats the patient based on scientific knowledge, experience, and clinical judgment
What is Clinician
Forming names of inflammatory diseases
What is itis
DHHS
What is Department of Health and Human Services.
Pathogenic agent of the disease rubella, transmitted only between humans via the respiratory route, and is the main cause of congenital rubella syndrome when infection occurs during the first weeks of pregnancy.
What is rubella virus (Rubivirus)
Someone who focuses on treating and caring for the patient
What is Clinician
Uses descriptive and analytical epidemiologic methods to provide information that will ultimately help determine the appropriate public health action to control and prevent the health problem
What is Epidemiologist
tumor, mass
What is oma
BRFSS
What is Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
A disease in which some of the body's cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body
What is Cancer